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WHITNEY

THE DESCENDANTS OF JOHN WHITNEY,

WHO CAME FROM

LONDON, ENGLAND,

TO

WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS,

IN

1635.

BY

FREDERICK CLIFTON PIERCE.

AUTHOR OF THE

Pierce, Peirce, Pearce, Forbes, Forbush, Gibsott, and Harwood Genealogies,
and Histories of Grafton and Barre, Mass.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

PRESS OF W. B. CONKEY COMPANY. 341 Dearborn Street,

CHICAGO, ILL.

1895.

T.

Anna.

My Great-Grandmother,
This volume

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Author.

THE LIBRARY

BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
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THE WHITNEY FAMILY.

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FROM a little English hamlet
From Whitney-on-the-Wye,
Where the hawthornes bud and blossom
Underneath an English sky,
Came a stalwart, sturdy Whitney

Four long centuries ago,
Like the hawthorne spread and blossomed
In the sunshine and the snow.

All about him grew the forests

Trees of maples and of oak,
And the pine trees bent to listen

To the words the river spoke;
While the war whoops of the red men

Rent the silence far and near
In the wilds of Massachusetts

But the settler knew no fear.

Grew a family up around him

As the swift years drifted by.
While about his old log cabin

Fell God's blessings from the sky;
And the family name took root there,

Spread its branches far and wide.
Till they reached from York to Frisco

Sunrise gate to evening tide.

Some there were that for the Union

Wore the tattered army blue.
Some the grey, and then forgot it

When the old became the new;
One the cotton gin invented

'Twas his own peculiar plan,
And where'er you find a Whitney

You will find an honest man.

Richard L. Carey.

Table of Contents.

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PAGE.

Author's Preface .• . . . 9

The First Whitney 11

Origin of the Name and Family , 11

Valley of the Wye 14

Visit to Whitney-on-the-Wye 14

John Whitney, Puritan Emigrant 16

Other Whitneys in New England 18

The Family in America 19

What Henry Austin Whitney Says 21

Whitney Genealogy 22

List of Illustrations.

PAGE.

Frederick C. Pierce Frontispiece

Jonathan Sawyer 96

Hon. Chas. H. Sawyer 99

Rev. Peter Whitney 162

Hon. Horatio L. Wait 175

Henry Melville 183

Oliver Whitney 199

George M. Wrig ht 223

Samuel E. Whitney 240

J. Whitney Farlin . . .-. 248

Dariiel Whitney 249

Eli Whitney 255

Oliver D. Barrett 260

■Mrs. Elizabeth Fairchild 261

Hon. Wm. Whi tney Rice 268

Hon. Wm. Whitney Godding 269

Hon. Henry M. Whitney 277

Mrs. Abbie W hitney Brown 296

Wm. M. Whitney 829

Lyman M'unger 336

Mrs. LyTnan Munger 336

Dr. Elijah Whitney 341

Adel aine Button Train Whitney 348

Dr. Chas. W. Whitney 351

poel Whitney 361

Otis Whitney 368

Chas. O. Whitney 378

Lewis L. Whitney 388

Mrs. Mary E. Hoadley 401

Col. Joel Whitney 415

Col. Loren H. Whitney 423

Anna H. Whitney 427

Clarence J. Whitney 430

May L. Whitney.. 480

Luther Whitney 431

Wm. B. Whitney 432

Eli Whitney 438

Geo. Jay Whitney 450

Baxter D. Whitney 454

Walter Whitney 462

Frederic E. Whitney 463

Mrs. Frederic E. Whitney 463

Frank C. Whitney 464

Dr. Leland H. Poor 468

Mary W. Whitney 471

PAGE.

Capt. Edmund C. Whitney 472

Geo. C. Whitney 476

Alvin Whitney 479

Paschal W. Turney 482

John M.Whitney 484

Prof. Wm. D. Whitney 486

Hon. Edward B. Whitney 491

Erastus H. Whitney 492

Dr. Eugene W. Whitney 493

Hon. Geo. H. Whitney 496

Edgar H. Whitney 499

Col. Geo. Whitney 502

Wm. C.Whitney 508

Geo. W.Whitney 508

Gen. James S. Whitney 515

Hiram Whitney 526

Samuel Austin Whitney 534

Rev. Leonard Whitney 535

Otis Whitney 536

Imri S.Whitney 539

Chas. P. Whitney 541

Hon. Chas. W. Whitney 543

Arthur E. Whitney 549

Amos Whitney 550

Franklin Whitney 577

Camilla M. Whitney 577

Drake Whitney 588

Benjamin R. Whitney : . . 589

Eli Whitney, Jr 598

Dr. John M. Whitney 600

Geo. M. Whitney 605

Harvey A. Whitney 605

Jas. W. Whitney 606

David R. Whitney 609

W^ilbur F. Whitney 611

Everett E.Whitney 619

Duane P. Whitney 622

Prof. Nelson O. Whitney 624

Prof. Harry E. Whitney 625

Henry M.Whitney 630

Hon. William C. Whitney 635

Rev. Mary T. Whitney 640

Harwood O. Whitney 648

Rev. E. W. Whitney 650

Orson F. Whitney 660

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

As a descendant of the Whitney family on both my jjaternal and maternal sides,
I take pleasure in presenting to the numerous members of the family in this
country, this volume, the work of several years of extensive correspondence
and compilation. Having had considerable experience in works of a similar charac-
ter, and being of a genealogical turn of mind, the work has been one of pleasure. It
is extremely doubtful if many other families in America can boast of such a large
number of descendants, from one emigrant, as this one. Other persons have tried
to compile the genealogy of the descendants of John Whitney of Watertown, Mass.,
1635, but not until now has it been done in such an extensive and thorough manner.
The works of Henry Austin Whitney of Boston, Rev. Frederick Whitney of Brighton,
Dr. Henry Bond of Watertown, and William Lebbeus Whitney of Pottsville, Pa., are
•well known, but in these no attempt was made at a complete pedigree. In a few
instances replies have not been received from blanks sent out, and this is my excuse
for not having a full record of these branches. The matter has been arranged in the
style adopted by the New England Historic-Genealogical Society in the publication
of their Register. The arrangement is unquestionably the simplest, and is therefore
the most comprehensive.

A number of abbreviations will be found in the book, of which the following are
explanations: ae., aged; abt., about; dau., daughter; dec'd, deceased; res., resided,
resides, or residence; w., wife; wid., widow or widower; yr., year; n. f. k., nothing
further known ; s. p., sine prole (wjthout issue). There are a number of other abbrevi-
ations of such common use that tne meaning will be obvious. A name in parentheses
thus, Anna Whitney, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Pierce) Whitney, indicates the
maiden name of the mother. An interrogation mark implies doubt or want of abso-
lute certaintv. The birthplaces of the children are not always given, but they can be
ascertained by reference to the residence of the parents, which is given in all cases.

In the earlier records of New England quite often the date of the year appears
1752-3, that is two dates. In computing time, the solar year is reckoned 265X days,
but this is too much by eleven minutes and a fraction. If this excess be neglected, in
the course of centuries the 1st of January would fall back toward midsummer. In
1582, the time of Pope Gregory XIII., it was found that the vernal equinox, which in
A. D. 325 happened on the 21st of March, actuallv occurred on the 10th of March.
For the puroose of rectifying the calendar, the pope ordered that ten days be
<3ropped for that year. This was called " New Style," and the former calendar, " Old
Style." The new calendar was soon adopted by all Catholic countries, but in Eng-
land and her colonies it was disregarded till 1752, when the error of the old calendar
amounted to eleven days, and by an Act of Parliament they were dropped from Sep-
tember of that year. If the year began the 1st of January, the date would be Febru-
ary 9, 1684; if the year began the 1st of January, the date would be February 9, 1685,
and changed to New Style by addition of eleven days, would be February 16, 1685.

It is singular how the different names have been obtained. In the name of
Shakespeare's birthplace we have a memento of three different eras of English his-
tory, viz., the periods of the occupancy by the old Britons, the Romans, and the
Saxons. Strat is an abbreviation of strata (street), the name by which the great
Roman roads were known. Ford tells us that one of these roads crossed a stream,
and Avon is the name which the old Britons, or Celts, gave to the streams. The word
lea, leah, or leigh, signifying a partially wooded field, served as the ending for many
surnames, such as Horsley, Cowley, Ashley, Oakley, Lindley, and Berkley or Birch-
ley. Hay, or haw, means a hedge, and this has given us Hayes, Haynes, Haley, Hay-
wood, Hawes, Haworth, Hawthorn, Haughton or Houghton. Occupations, too, have
afforded an endless array of surnames. This method was used by the Romans in
such names as Fabricus (smith), Pictor (painter), Agricola (farmer). In England a
skillful hunter would adopt that as his surname, and equally so with the carpenter,
joiner, sawyer, baker, or butcher. Personal traits, and complexion, too, gave rise to

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surnames. From the former we have the names Stout, Strong, Long, Longman,
Longfellow; and from the latter, Brown, Black, etc. Some mental and moral traits
were also used to denote surnames. Richard the First, of England, was better known
as Richard of the Lion Heart. The next step would be to derive from this quality
the surname Lion. A most remarkable fact is the changes in names, and the follow-
ing is given as an example of the changes in one name: "Next, he showed me, by
the aid of a few family documents in his possession, that the original name of his
ancestors had been Meredith, or, to write it Welsh fashion, Maredydd. Now, in
Wales, the accent is always thrown on the last syllable but one — the penultimate, as
we say, in Latin prosody. So Meredith is pronounced much as though it rhymed
with ' weddeth.' A couple of hundred years ago, one of these Welsh Merediths set-
tled in Staffordshire, England; but, as he kept close, apparently, to the original pro-
nunciation of his name, it was Anglicized by his neighbors, not into the usual
Meredith (which is formed on the regular English rule of throwing the accent back-
ward), but into Meready. Careless utterance soon corrupted that sound to M'ready,
and finally to Ready. The four stages — Maredydd, Meredith, Meready, and Ready
— were all to be found consecutively in my friend's documents in the name " Ready."

My thanks are especially due to Mrs. Silas A. Pierce, Grafton, Mass.; Miss Lou
M. Pierce, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Louise R. Rogers, Worcester, Mass.; F. L. Ora, of
Chicago; Frances J. Whitney, Lebanon, 111.; Luthera Whitney, Springfield, Vt.; Hon.
William W. Rice, Worcester, Mass.; Henry W. Melville, New York City; H. W.
Bryant, secretary Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me.; Frank B. Gay, secretary
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn., and many others who have aided
me very materially in the work.

I trust the members of the family will take as much pleasure in perusing the
following pages as I have in compiling them, is the sincere wish of

Yours very truly,

Frederick C. Pierce.

Chicago, III., July 30, 1895.

THE FIRST WHITNEY.

EUSTACE DE WHITNEY was of Flemish descent. Of his mother, Agnes, it is
recorded in Doomsday Book, "Agnes relicta Turstini Flandrensis, et Eusta-
cius Miles filius ejus, Dominus de Whitney, dederunt ecclesiae Sancti Petri,
Glocest; unam hidam terras in Pencomb, etc. [Agnes, widow of Turstin the Flem-
ing, and Sir Eustace, her son. Lord of Whitney, gave to the church of St. Peter, at
Gloucester, one hide [120 acres] of land in Pencomb, etc.] Some of the early Lords
of Whitney were of Welsh descent, one of whom. Sir Peidge Exrog, was a Knight of
the Round Table and "to King Arthyr's time he lived at his castle at Cardmore at
Cardinganshire."

ORIGIN OF THE NAME AND FAMILY.

WHITNEY, as a surname, owes its origin to the ancient, but obscure parish
of Whitney, on the western confines ot Herefordshire, near the border
of Wales. This is not to be confounded with Witney in Oxfordshire, so
famous for its manufacture of woolen goods. But, possibly, both names are the same
in meaning, and have not always been differently spelled.

Witney appears in ancient records as Wittney, Witenie, Witeney, Witteneye,
Wytney, Wyttneye, Wyteney, Wytteneye, Whiteneye, Whitteneye, Whitney; and
Whitney we find also written Whiteney, Whyteneye, Witenie, etc. It lies in the
valley of the river Wye, which is here, a mountain torrent, subject to sudden and
destructive freshets. This circumstance aftords a probable explanation of its name
Whitney, being perhaps derived from the Anglo-Saxon words hwit-white, ey-water,
and so literally meaning white water. Other examples in Herefordshire are (seen in
notes and queries, -Sth series, volume 6, page 119) Whit-bourn, the white brook, Whit-
church, the white cyrc (church), and Whit-ton, the white town, the last of which occurs
in six other places in England. But more ambitious etymologies of the name are not
wanting.

The Rev. Dr. Giles, in his history of Witney and the neighboring parishes in
Oxfordshire, says: "But if Witney received any fresh peculiarity of character from
the Saxons, it certainly takes its name from the occupation of that busy and plod-
ding race of men." The Witan-eye, or, as it is also written in Anglo-Saxon, or Old
English dialect, Witan-ige, evidently signifies " The Island of the Wise Men or of the
Parliament." By parliament in this connection should be understood merely an
assemblage of the witan or wise men of the folc or shire, and not a great national
council of the Anglo-Saxons or Witena-gemote (in which wiLena is the genitive of
witan), as it was termed. Thus the word Witney means, etymologically, parliament
island, though no record has been handed down to us to tell for what reason such a
name was given. There is a large house still named Parliament House at the corner
of the Crofts Lane, which to the minds of some conveys a tradition concerning the
etymology of the name Witney.

Dr. Thomas Wright, the eminent Anglo-Saxon scholar, made other suggestions
in a letter addressed to Mr. Henry Austin Whitney, February 1, 1860: "I think Dr.
Giles' derivation of Witney in Oxfordshire a very probable one. Some meeting of
the Whitan or leading men ot the district had probably been held there and the
island had been named from it like what is now called Magna Charta Island in the
Thames. But the great difficulty in fixing the derivation and meaning of these local
names arises from the circumstance that the name is in the majority of the cases
derived from that of a Saxon possessor of the land. I should think Whitney is not
the same thing as Witney. It has either something to do with white, or it perhaps
contains a man's name, as Hwitenes-ege, the island belonging to Heitene."

There is certainly no improbability in supposing that ige or ege, signifying
island, was the termination of a Herefordshire Whitney, situated, as it is, on the

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river Wye, and at times overflowed by it; indeed, the old church and rectory were
entirely washed away by mountain torrents in 1730.

There seems to be no record of Whitney in Herefordshire prior to the Dooms-
day Book. This work was compiled between the years 1081 and 1087 by order of
William the Conqueror, and contains the general survey of all the lands in the king-
dom, their extent in each district, their proper tenures, value, the quantity of
meadow, pasture, wood and arable land which they contained, and in some countries
the number of tenants, cottages and slaves of all denominations who lived upon them.
This book places it in the hundred of Elsedune, and spells the name Witenie. In
the general distribution of land among the followers of The Conqueror, it fell to
the lot of Turstin the Fleming (Turstinus Flandrensis), the son of Rolf, who, besides
his possessions in Herefordshire, held lands in Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Berkshire,
Somersetshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire and Wiltshire. Noth-
ing further is known of him except that his wife was named Agnes, and that his son.
Sir Eustace (Eustacius Miles) was called from Herefordshire — hamlet. Lord of
Whitney, and so founded the family of DeWhitney. The particle was gradually
dropped from the name, in some cases, as early as the twelfth century, and it has
long since entirely disappeared.

The parish church of Whitney is about four miles from The Hay, in Beacon,
Wales, and seventeen miles from Hereford. The parish contains nearly 1,500 acres,
the chief owners being Tompkyns Dew, Esq., and the Rev. Spenser Phillips. In old
times it was a portion of the long stretching debatable ground within which were 141
little lord ships, often at war with each other, and amenable only to their several
feudal chiefs. It was not included in any of the three adjoining countries until
1535; by act of parliament for the incorporation of England and Wales, Hunting-
ton, Clifford, Winforton, Eardesley, and Whitney were united into the hundred of
Huntington. The castle of Whitney, the family stronghold, stood on the north bank
of the \Vye, and is now represented by a group of mounds and also by Whitney
court, the residence of the present proprietor.

Agnes, widow of Turstin, had also estates in the parish of Pencombe, in the same
county, one hide (about 120 English acres) of which she and her son. Sir Eustace de
Whitney, bestowed upon the Church of St. Peter, at Gloucester, free from all tax, in
the time of the Abbet Reginald.

In the reign of Henry III., 1216-1272, Pencombe was stated to consist of 15 hides
of land, one moiety of which was held by John de Whytene and Robert Tregoz, and
the other moiety by Thomas de Henegan and Robert de Whytene by military
service, and both of the honor of Ewias.

In the earlier times when Bohuns Mortimers and bishops of Hereford convulsed
the whole country and overshadowed even the royal authority, little trace of the
Whitneys appeared upon record; yet, in A. D. 1306, a Eustacius de Whyteneye was
knighted at the same time with a Corbet, a Lacy, and a Marnyon, and previous to
that the same Eustacius, in 1277-1280, acted as patron of the living of Pencombe,
and in the latter year presented a Roger de Whitney. In 1342 W. D. de Wite-
nie was the incumbent; in 1353 Baldwin de Whitney, and after 1378 Eustacius
Whitney.

Among the patrons of this living, at various times from 1353 to 1590, were:
Robert de Whitney, 1355; Baldwin de V\ hitney, 1357; Robert Whitney, knight, 1419-28;
Robert Whitney, 1539; then the Crown during the minority of a Robert Whitney,
and again in 1567 a Robert Whitney, knight, and lastly James Whitney, knight, in
1590. In 1593 John Whitney was a portionary or prebend in Broxash hundred.

The name of Robertus Whitney, Chevalier Cortland was returned in the list of
gentry, etc., in this countrv, made by commissioners in 1434 (1-2) Henry \l.

In the offices of sherifts of their county, knights of the shire in parliament and
justices in the commission of the peace of the name Whitney may be traced in
Herefordshire from Henry V., 1413, to George III., 1799. Thus of sheriffs of Here-
fordshire have been: Robert Whitney, 1377-78; Robert Whitney, 1413-14; Robert
Whitney, knight, 1427-28; Robert Whitnev, knight, 1432-33; Robert Whitney,
1436-37; Robert Whitney, 1475-76; James Whitney, knight, 1585-86; Eustace Whit-
ney, 1595-96; Robert Whitney, knight, 1638-39.

Among the knights of the shire in parliament we find: Eustace de Whitney,
1312-13; Eustace de Whitteney, 1351-52; Robert Whitteney, 1377; Robert de Whit-
teney, 1378-79; Robert de Whitney, knight, 1379-80; Robert Whitteney, 1395-96;
Robert Whitteney, knight, 1417-18; Eustace Whitney, 1467-68; Robert Whitney,
knight, 1558-59.

The Robert Whitney of the parliament of First Elizabeth, 1558-59, received the

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honoraftiwde -r of knighthood in the time of the reign of Queen Mary, and his crest,
we are ififnre<V d, was the head of an ox. Another Sir Robert Whitney with the same
crest is recorded to have been "dubbed at Wynesort" after 1656, and before 1570.
Green records the circumstance that Sir James Whitney, knight, who, in 1574, was a
member of parliament, was suitor for the hand of Barbara, Countess of Leicester, in
1584-85.

The following legend explanatory of the Whitney crest is given: Sir Randolph
de Whitney, the grandson of Eustace (founder of the name), accompanied Richard
Cceur de h\on to the Crusades and distinguished himself greatly by his personal
strength and great courage. On one occasion he was sent by Richard on a mission
to the French commander, and as he was leaving the British camp the brother of
Saladin (who he had twice before defeated) followed him, and with two Saracens in
his company, and riding around a small hill, suddenly made a furious attack upon
Eustace, knight. • De Whitney defended himself with the greatest vigor, but his
assailants were gaining upon him when a furious Spanish bull, which was feeding
near the scene of conflict, was attracted by the red dress of the two Saracens, and
made so furious an attack upon them that they were diverted from their intended
prey, and sought safety in flight. Sir Randolph soon succeeded in wounding his
single assailant, whom he left for dead, and then overtaking the two Saracens he
dispatched them and proceeded upon the mission of the king. According to the
superstitions of that time, Sir Randolph attributed the event to the especial interpo-
sition of the Virgin, a medal of whom, consecrated by the pope, he had continually
worn on his breast. On his return to England he erected a chapel to the \'irgm,
which was called Our Lady of Palestine Oratory, the walls of which remain to this
day, adjoining the grounds of the ancient family mansion of Whitney on the Wve.

As a matter of course, the name Whitney occurs in the lists of gentlemen in the
commission of peace of Herefordshire, as temp. Elizabeth, Eustace Whitney. About
1678, Thomas Whitney, of Whitney; in 1799, James Whitney of Norton Canon,
related to the Whitney family of Whitney court.

Probably to the same family is to be assigned John Whitney, the author of a
very rare book, entitled "Genteel Recreation; or, the Pleasure of Angling," a poem,
with the dialogue between Piscator and Corydon, 1700. There was a Rev. George
Whitney instituted in 1807 to the rectory of Stretford, Herefordshire, who died in
1836. I have read somewhere, says Mr. Green, that a Captain Whitney was a com-
panion of Sir Walter Raleigh, and of the name a lieutenant fought at Worcester on
the Royalists' side. Sir Robert Whitney, knt. of King James' "and Charles' reign,
had four sons, who all died without issue, and four daughters, to whom the estate
descended. They all married and enjoyed shares in the property. Robert Rodd,
the only son of Thomas Rodd, married Hannah Whitney, one of the four daughters,
and conveyed her share to Robert Price of Foxley, by whom it was sold to William
Wardour. The latter acquired the rest of the estate and built the present Whitney
Court, and also in 1740, Whitney church, to replace the one swept away ten vears
before by a flood on the Wye, a calamity which involved the destruction of all the old
family monuments but one, that to the memory of Williams of Cabalva, in the neigh-
borhood, who married into the Whitney family. Mrs. Bourne held the property from
William Wardour, and left it to her grandson, the grandfather of the present owner,
Tompkyns Dew, Esq., and of his brother, the Rev. Henry Dew, rector of the parish.

The present representative of the Herefordshire Whitneys is Thomas Whitney,
Esq., of Bath. The Whitneys were also established at a very early date at Cheshire,
and had a seat at the Coole Pilate, a township in the widespread parish of Acton,
near Nantwich, almost as soon as those of Herefordshire were settled upon the
Welsh border. The manor of Coole Pilate was anciently parcel of the barony of
Wich Malbank, is now the property of Kilmorey. In this township were two halls
with considerable estates annexed, one of which belonged to the Whitneys, who
became possessed of it in the reign of Richard II., 1377-99, and had a seat there for
many generations. This estate was purchased in 1744 of Hugh Whitney, by whose
death the family is supposed to have become extinct. The purchaser was John
Darlington, whose daughter brought it in marriage to Henry Tomkinson, Esq., of
Dorfold, the present proprietor. The hall is occupied by a farmer. Toward the end
of the last century, Air. Silas Whitney, also a poet or writer of verse, from the neigh-
borhood of Nantwich, carried on business in Knutsford as a cotton manufacturer.
He was reputed to be descended from the Whitneys of Coole Pilate, and a relative
of the celebrated Josiah Wedgwood. When political feeling ran high and fierce
about the first French Revolution, he is said to have emigrated to the United States,
where, however, no trace of him has been found.

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VALLEY OF THE WYE.

IT is the scenery on the banks of the Wye which has gained for it the name of the
most beautiful river in England. Turbid and hurried in itself, it runs through
some of the most lovely landscape in England. The views are of the most
beautiful description of perspective, arising from the mazy course of the stream
and the loftiness of its banks. A tiny steamer now and then forges up the river
against the fierce current, or readily floats down on the top of it; but the Wye
may best be judged from its banks; and as the Wye Valley Railway carries the
tourist from one end of the valley to the other, the more practicable plan is to take
the train from point to point up the valley, the beauties of which occupy — speaking
within bounds — a fair hundred miles. It is the extent of the sylvan and other
beauties of the Wye which have made it so perfectly celebrated. From its source,
near the summit of Plinlimmon, to its union with the lordly Severn, the Wye is
continuously beautiful. In the midst of the Welsh hills it is exceedingly wild and
rugged; but no sooner does it reach the vales of Herefordshire than it becomes
singularly smooth and placid, and thence flows through Monmouthshire until it
loses itself in the Severn.

At Ross are to be found, in the parish church, the celebrated elms which sprang
up through the floor of the pew once occupied by John Kyrle, Pope's celebrated
" Man of Ross." Near Chepstow is the celebrated stretch of private property called
Piercefield, which possesses three miles of paths winding along the edges of the
cliffs above the Wye. From the summit of the Wyncliff, which is seven to eight
hundred feet above high water, the observer may see portions of seven English and
two Welsh counties, and the river at this point winds through the landscape like
a carelessly thrown river of silver.

VISIT TO WHITNEY-ON-THE-WYE.

By HON. WILLIAM WHITNEY RICE.

IN the month of June, 1892, I took the train accompanied by my wife, from Here-
ford to the parish of Whitney-on-the-Wye, seventeen miles distant, to see if per-
chance I could learn anything there of our ancestors.

There are none there now bearing the name of Whitney, but there are
the manors of Whitney and of Clifford formerly owned by the Whitney family and
not yet wholly alienated.

Whitney is a section of beautiful country with an old stone church, stone cot-
tage for the rector, and a somewhat modern manor house. We could get no pub-
lic carriage for our conveyance.

We found thai we had an hour and a half before the departure of the next train
for London, and we resolved to make the most of that time, with such directions as
we could get from the station master, who was very accommodating and intelligent.
He referred us to the rector. Rev. Henry Dew, as a gentleman who would receive
us hospitably and furnish us all the information that there was to be had on the sub-
ject of our inquiries.

From the station the outlook over the surrounding country embraced in the
manors of Whitney and Clifford was as lovely as anything we had seen in England.
The Wye flowed through the valley a few rods below the station while the broad
fields and forests stretched away in the distance toward the Welsh mountains which
were the principal features in the landscape.

The rectory was quarter or half a mile distant. Going from the station we
passed by the pretty little church. We entered the churchyard and searched for
Whitney memorials. We found none, because, as we afterward learned, some lime
in the middle of the eighteenth century the Wye, in a freshet, swept away the old
castle, the old church and the monuments and graves of the Whitneys from the time
that they settled in that place. The new church contains many of the old granite
stones which were left from the ruins of the old church. The old font, hollowed
from a solid granite block, which was there before the freshet, probably from the
original building of the church and in which the Whitney infants have been baptized

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probably from the eleventh or twelfth century, was also recovered from the ruins and
placed in the new church, where it still stands.

I have a photograph of that font taken since I was there, which I shall be happy
to show to any of the modern members of the family.

Leaving the church we went up a hill, through a lane bordered by trees, to the
rectory where we were first saluted by the vigorous barking of a small, black dog.
A young lady, whom we afterward ascertained to be a daughter of the rector, soon
made her appearance. She left us to seek her father, and he soon came and took us
to the garden in the front of the house where he had been working among his flowers.
He was a straight, dignified English clergyman who, when he learned who we
were and what we desired, at once gave us a cordial and hospitable welcome. He
invited us into the house, where another daughter. Miss Jane, joined us. We pro-
longed our call there with him and his daughter as llong as we could remain. Out
of that call sprang a most interesting correspondence with Miss Dew, the daughter,
from which I have derived much of the information made use of in the following
record. I presume that I have more than twenty letters from her, generally
very long and full of interesting details. I think she must have spent a great deal
of her time in looking up ancient records to find material for her letters to me. I
shall always entertain sincere friendship and respect for the Rev. Henry Dew and
his accomplished daughter. Miss Jane.

Rev. Henry Dew was a brother of Sir Tompkyns Dew, the last owner of the
estate. He was a descendant of the Whitneys through some one of the female mem-
bers of the family to whom the estate came by failure of the male line. Sir Tomp-
kyns' little daughter, at the time of our visit a child about five years old, represents
the broad acres of the estates of Whitney and Clifford, now, I regret to say, so heav-
ily mortgaged that it seems quite possible, if not probable, that by the foreclosure of
the mortgages they will soon pass into unknown and alien ownership.

I believe that the rector's tenure of the living can not be terminated during his
life, but at his death the pretty rectory, where he has lived more than fifty years and
has much beautified, will pass to strangers with the rest of the estate, and thus the
last W^hitney traces be obliterated from the spot with which they have been so long
connected.

After the conquest the manor of Whitney, so called, was given by William the
Conqueror to Torstinus,one of his soldiers. It was one of nine tracts granted to this
same person according to the Doomsday Book, and the one upon which he settled.

He was a valiant fighter, one of the northern sea-rovers who joined the army of
William on the expedition for the conquest of England. The amount of bounty
allotted him by William shows that he was a man of position and consequence. He
was specially commissioned to guard the frontiers against the incursions of the
Welsh, and for this purpose had his castle situated on the Wye and within the
bounds of the present manor of Whitney.

His son Eustacius, who inherited his property, assumed the name of Whitney,
which has been borne from that date to the present time.

The Whitneys were the chief men in the vicinity, sheriffs of the county and
Members of Parliament. Several of them lost their lives in the wars at home and
abroad, to which they were summoned by their kings.

A decree of King Henry IV. dated Feb. 14, 1404, commences as follows:
■" The King to all to whom, &c., Greeting —

"Know ye that since the father of Robert Whiteney, Esquire, and his uncle
and a great part of his relations have been killed in our service at the capture of
Edmund Mortemer, and his property has been burned and destroyed by our rebels
of Wales, so that the said Robert has not any castle or fortress where he can tarry
to resist and punish our aforesaid rebels as we accept (accessimus) We, of our
special grace, have granted to the said Robert, the Castle of Clifford and the lord-
ships of Clifford and Glasbury, together with all the lands, tenements," &c.

By this act the lordship of Clifford, on the opposite side of the Wye and adja-
cent to Whitney, was added to the domain of the Whitneys and has so remained
until the present day.

In the last part of the 17th century Sir Thomas Whitney, lord of these estates,
died leaving his son, Sir Robert Whitney, as his heir. Sir Robert had four sons,
■who all died without issue. He also had four daughters, to whom his estate descended
upon his several sons dying without issue.

One of these daughters, Hannah, married Robert Rodd, to whom and the other
■daughters the estates came, apparently by the law of inheritance. Through them
it ultimately came to William Warden, who was the owner at the time of the freshet.

16 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

by which the church and the castle were destroyed. He rebuilt the church and the
manor house. The ruins of the castle may still be seen where the freshet left them.

This property passed from the male line of Whitneys to the female descend-
ants, through whom it is still held. Thus, although the name of Whitney still
remains attached to the property, the individuals of that name are not connected
with it, but are widely scattered both in England and in this country.

July 20, 1592, John Whitney was baptized in the St. Margaret's Church, London.
He was son of Thomas, who was grandson or great-grandson of the last Sir Robert
Whitney. In 1635 with his wife, Eleanor, and five children he embarked for Amer-
ica. Here he settled in Watertown, where he continued to reside the remainder of
his life. His sons settled either in Watertown or towns near it. His grandson,
Nathaniel, settled in the western part of Watertown, which is now Weston.

Arms. Azure, a cross chequey or and sable. Upon a canton, gules; a lion rampant

argent.
Crest. A bull's head couped sable; horned argent; horns tipped with red.
Motto. Fortis sed non ferox.

JOHN WHITNEY, PURIT.^N EMIGRANT.

By henry MELVILLE, Esq.

HE was the first of the name in America, and the son of Thomas Whitney,
"gentleman," of Westminster, by his wife, Mary Bray, and was baptized in
St. Margaret's, the parish church standing in the shadow of the famous Abbev,
on the 20th day of July, 1592.

Thomas was not a native of the city of his residence, but had come from one of
the oldest and most distinguished families in the west of England, the Whitneys
of Whitney, where, on the banks of the Wye, the crumbling ruins of their ancestral
castle could still be seen surviving centuries of border warfare. His uncle, Sir
James, knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Winsor in 1570, was lord of Whitney, Clifford,
Pencombe, Ocle Pitchard, Kings Capell, Boughrid, Tremayne, Icomb, Clifton and
Comwich, and sheriff of Herefordshire; his grandfather, Sir Robert, knighted by
Queen Mary in 1553, represented that county in parliament, and from the latter
could be traced back a long knightly line of Whitneys and De Whitneys to the
twelfth century, when the name originated, and, beyond them, Norman ancestors,
with other names even to the conquest.

One or more of his forefathers had gone on a crusade to the Holy Land, one had
fought under Edward I. in the Scotch war of 1301, another had twice represented
Richard II. abroad in important affairs of state and had been slain "at the capture
of Edmund Mortimer," a fourth had followed Henry V. in the triumphs of English
arms in France, a fifth had risked land and life for the "White Rose" and had had
his praises sung by the Welsh bard, Glyn Cothi, and nearly every one had been sher-
iff of his shire and had sat in the great national council. They quartered on their
shields the arms of Milbourne. Eynesford, Furnival, \'erdon, Lovetot, Baskerville,
Boteler, Rees, Lienthall, Le Gros, Bredwardine, Sollers, Brugge and Blackett, and
their marriage alliances had been, almost without exception, with families whose
names are great in history, through at least two of which Thomas could claim blood
relationship to royalty from William the Conquerer to Edward I.

The family name, Whitney, or, as originally written, De Whitney, was derived
from the name of the parish where the castle stood. Aluard, a Saxon, held the land
before the Conquest, but at the time of the "Domesday Survey," 1086 A. D., it was
"waste" with no owner, save the King as paramount lord.

Sir Turstin, one of the Conqueror's Knights, commonly known as "Turstin the
Fleming" and "Turstin De Wigmore," married Agnes, daughter of Alured De
Merleberge,one of the great barons of the realm, who settled on her, with other land,
the Pencombe estate. Agnes had two sons, Eustace and Turstin, to the former of
whom the property passed. Eustace's son, or grandson, some time between 1100 and
1200 A. D., engaging in the border wars, built a stronghold and took up his residence
at Whitney, on the banks of the Wye, and thus, after the custom of the times,
acquired the surname De (of) Whitney, as one of his neighbors gained that of
De Clifford, and another that of De la Hay. The first mention of a De Whitney in
any record now extant is that of " Robert De Wytteneye," in the Testa de Nevill,

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1242 A. D. There are numerous records relating to Robert's son, "Sir Eustace De
Wytteneye," and from the latter down an authentic account can be given of each
head of the family in the long line.

After more than four years of research and two visits to England, Henry Mel-
ville, Esq.. of the New York bar, has compiled and published a richly illustrated
book entitled

"THE ANCESTRY OF JOHN WHITNEY,"

which is the authority for the foregoing statements, and which those mentioned in
the following pages as among the descendants of the latter will wish to see, and from
the two works combined learn the names of their progenitors in unbroken series for
eight hundred years.

Of the life of Thomas Whitney nothing is certainly known beyond the following
facts: On May 10, 1583, he obtained from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster a
license to marry Mary, daughter of John Bray, in which he is described as " Thomas
Whytney of Lambeth Marsh, gentleman," and on May 12th the marriage ceremony
was performed in St. Margaret's. "Lambeth Marsh" is a name still applied to a
locality near the Surrey end of Westminster bridge. There were born to him nine
children, viz: Margaret, Thomas, Henry, Arinvaye, John, Nowel!, Francis, Mary,
and Robert, but only three, viz., John, Francis, and Robert, survived childhood. Of
these John emigrated to Watertown, Mass., Francis died at Westminster in 1643, and
Robert in the parish of St. Peters, Cornhill, London, in 1662. In 1611 it is recorded
that Thomas paid the subsidy tax, and December 6, 1615, on the probate of the will
of his father-in-law, John Bray, he was appointed executor. February 22, 1607, he
apprenticed his son John, and >s'ovember 8, 1624, his son Robert. The record of the
latter, like the marriage license, describes him as a "gentleman." September 25,
1629, he buried his wife, and in April, 1637, died himself. His eldest surviving son,
John, being then out of England, administration of his estate was, on May 8, 1637,
granted to the other two, Francis and Robert.

The accounts of the latter show that the deceased was in comfortable circum-
stances.

John, in whom we are most interested, probably received, for those days, a good
education in the famous " Westminster School," now known as St. Peter's College,
and February 22, 1607, at the age of fourteen, was apprenticed by his father to Will-
iam Pring of the Old Bailey, London. The latter was a " Freeman " of the Merchant
Tailors' Company, then the most famous and prosperous of all the great trade guilds,
numbering in its membership distinguished men of all professions, many of the
nobility and the Prince of Wales, and, on March 13, 1614, Whitney at the age of
twenty-one became a full-fledged member. Marrying soon after he took up his resi-
dence at Isleworth-on-the-Thames, eight miles from Westminster, and there three
children were born, baptized on the following dates: May 23, 1619, Mary; September
14, 1621, John; and January 6, 1623-4, Richard. There^ too, November 8, 1624, his
father apprenticed to him his youngest brother, Roliert, who served seven years.
Soon after the latter date he moved from Isleworth, probably back to London.
Entries in the registers of the parish of St. Mary Aldermery indicate that he lived
there — in " Bowe lanne," near Bow church, where hang the famous bells — for several
years, during which time Mary died, and his son Thomas was baptized December 10,
1627. In September, 1631, he placed his eldest child, John, Jr., in the Merchant
Tailors school — where, according to the registers, he remained as long as the family
were in England — and, early in April, 1635, registered with his wife Elinor and sons
John, Richard, Nathaniel, Thomas, and Jonathan as a passenger in the ship " Eliza-
beth and Ann, Roger Cooper, Master." which, a few weeks afterward, completed
her lading and set sail for the New World.

Extracts from the books of the Merchant Taylors' Company, of the city of Lon-
don, England.

July, 1592, Thomas Whitney, son of Henrv Whitney of Minehall, in the county
of Surrey, gentleman, apprenticed to William Persie of Watling street.

April 14, 1600, Thomas Whitney made free by Henry Pratt, his assigned master,
from Mr. Rowe, who was his assigned master from William Persie, his first master.
The report of Mr. Rowe for two years and by Mr. Persie for two years and three
months, certified by their letters to Henry Pratt for the residue.

June 23, 1593, Thomas Whitney, son of Nichols Whitney of Carsleton, in the
county of Hereford, gentleman, deceased, apprenticed to Robert Davies of St.
Andrews in Holborn.

July 19, 1602, Thomas Whitney made free by Robert Davies, his master.

18 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Feb. 22, 1607, John Whitney, son of Thomas Whitney of the city of Westminster,
yeoman, apprenticed to William Pring of the Old Bailey.

March 13, 1614, John Whitney made free by William Pring, his master.

April 26, 1613, Richard Whitney, son of Robert Whitney of Ugley, in the county
of Essex, yeoman, apprenticed to William Searson.

June 28, 1620, Richard Whitney made free by his service with William Searson,
his master.

March 8, 1624, Robert Whitney, son of Thomas Whitney of the city of Westmin-
ster, gentleman, apprenticed to John Whitney of Isleworth.

1632, Robert Whitney made free by John Whitney, his master, upon the report
of his master.

OTHER WHITNEYS IN NEW ENGLAND.

THOMAS WHITNEY was a resident of Plymouth as eaily as 1634; for that year
he was one of the jury in the trial of cases before the Plymouth Colony Court.
He served as a member of the jurv in the trial of cases during the years 1648-
49-50-51-53-54-56-57-59-60-61-62-63-64-65-66-67. He took the oath of fidelity at
Plymouth in 1657. There is no record of the births of any of his children at Ply-
mouth. He must have been well along in years when he married. His wife, Win-
nefred, died July 23, 1660, aged only 22 years. (See Plymouth Colony Record.)

Jeremiah Whitney resided in Plymouth in 1643, for at that time he was included
in a list of those able to bear arms. In 1657 he took the oath of fidelity at Sandwich,
Mass.

Stephen Whitney was one of the first settlers of Huntington, L. I.

Henry Whitney was another early settler and located in Connecticut. The
genealogy of his descendants, both male and female lines, has been very fully
traced by the late Stephen \\'hitney Phoenix, of New York City, ably assisted by the
late D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley, New York. There are a number of
inaccuracies in that work, but the most glaring in it is the alleged connection
between the American and English branches. The following letter from Col.
Joseph Lemuel Chester fully explains the imposition:

London, Eng., Jan. 16, 1880.

I do not know whether Mr. Whitmore has mentioned to you the contents of my
last letter to him, respecting the Whitney pedigree in Mr. Phoenix's splendid volume.
If not, I may now say to you that Mr. Phcenix's suspicions being aroused as to the
accuracy of the English pedigree furnished by Mrs. De Salis, he begged me to inves-
tigate It.

It required but a single glance at the pedigree and her statements in the text, to
enable me to determine that they were fictitious, as I saw at once that they stated
what I knew to be impossibilities. A little investigation revealed all that she had
done, and enabled me to determine exactly how she had done it.

As this is now the third of her American cases which I have examined with sim-
ilar results, I felt not only justified, but bound to interpose between her and my
countrymen. I taxed her with what I had discovered, and now have her confession
that the two wills of Thomas Whitney and Ann Roberts, the alleged father and aunt
of the emigrant Henry Whitney, on which alone the pedigree is based (as you will
see by referring to the books), were pure fabrications, although she persists in declar-
ing that they were not fabricated by herself, but by some mysterious assistant, whom
she trusted. This, however, I have good reason for not believing.

I have also her written pledge that she will never again seek or accept a com-
mission from the United States. I do not know yet what course Mr. Phoenix will
pursue either here or at home, so perhaps you will guard what I now write as at least
semi-confidential.

After this experience, it is fair to presume that all her other American clients
have been treated in a similar manner. Sincerely yours,

Jos. L. Chester.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 19

THE FAMILY IN AMERICA.

THE Whitney family is very numerous in America; not only in New England are
they abundant, but in nearly every state and territory in the United States. A
very large share of those who bear the name are the descendants of John and
Elinor Whitney of Watertown, in the Massachusetts colony. No relationship is
traced between this family and that of Henry Whitney of Norwalk, Conn., who
located there in 1665, and the genealogy of whose descendants, both male and female
lines, has been published by S. Whitney Phoenix, being the most exhaustive and
expensive work of this kind ever published in America.*

John Whitney was born in England in 1589, and dwelt in the Parish of I-sieworth-
•on-the-Thames, opposite Richmond, nine miles from London, from May, 1619, to
January, 1623-4. The record " of persons permitted to embark at the port of Lon-
don after Christmas, 1634," manuscript folio page 35 in Rolls office. Chancery Lane,
gives the following names and ages: John Whitney 35, Elinor Whitney 30, John 11,
Richard 9, Nathaniel 8, Thomas 6, Jonathan 1.

The record reads as follows:

The Elizabeth and Ann, Roger Cooper Mr., April, 1635.

These p'ties hereunder expressed are to be imbarqiied for New England, having
taken the oaths of Allegeance and Supremacie and likewise brought Certificate both
from the Ministers and Justices when their abidings were latlie, of their conformitie
to the Discipline and order of the Church of England, and yet they are no Subsedy
Men. Jo. Whitney, 35; Jo. Whitney, 11; Richard Whitney, 9; Nathaniel Whitney, 8;
Tho. Whitney, 6; Jonathan Whitney, 1; Ellen Whitney, 30.

The ages of John Whitney and his five sons, as thus given, were all too young.

The parish register of Isleworth contains the following entries:

1621, Sept. 14, John Whitne and Ellin had John their son baptized.

1623-4, Jan. 6, John Whitne and Elinor his wife had their son Richard baptized.
It is suggested that the non-conformity acts might have had some influence in mak-
ing the ages of the several members of the family younger than they were.

They settled in Watertown, in the Massachusetts colony, in June, 1635, where his
son Joshua was born the 15th of July following, he being the first .of this line born in
America. John Whitney was admitted freeman 3d of ^Iarch, 1636, and the following
year was for the first time elected by his associates as one of the Select Men of the
town. He held the office for many years afterward, until 1655, at which time he was
elected town clerk. June 1, 1641, he was appointed constable at Watertown by the
General Court at their quarter session held in Boston.

At that time constables were appointed by the General Court, and, besides the
duties attached to the office in latter times, they were required to collect the taxes of
the town and the levies by the General Court; to pay the debts of the colony due to
individuals in their respective towns; to supply the town with sealed weights and
measures; to set or order in those towns where no captain dwelt, and to inflict the
punishments ordered by judicial authority, "where there was not another appointed
to do it within his own town, unless he can get another to do it." As a badge of his
■office a constable Jwas required to carry a black staff five or five and a half feet
long, with a tip or head five or six inches long.

His very early admission as a freeman and his election as a Select Man show
that he held a respectable social position in the community.

He was grantee of eight lots in Watertown and purchaser of 16 acres, his home-
stall lot, where he continued to reside. This latter property was granted to John
Strickland,t and was bounded east and south by William Jennison, west by Mar-
tin Underwood, north by Isaac Mixer. His eight lots amounted to 212 acres,
to which he subsequently made additions, as shown by the Registry of Deeds. Later
the homestall became the property of his son, Joshua, of Groton, who sold it to Dea.
Nathan Fiske, Oct. 29, 1697.

The death of John Whitney is registered in the church record of Watertown,
1673, thus: "John Whetny, Widdower, Deceased first of June, aged abought eighty-

*\Vliitne.v. The Whitney Family of Connecticut and its AtKliatious. Being an attempt to
trace the Descendants, as well in the Female as the Male Lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to
1878. To which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. By S. Whitney Phcenix. 3
Tery thick vols. 4to. Bound by Matthews in half morocco. Edition of 510 copies, privately
printed, all for presentation. N. Y., 187S. $5000

t He was dismissed from the Watertown church May 29, 1635, and was one of the Watertown
«olony that planted Wethersfield, Conn., the oldest town on the Connecticut river.

20 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

four years." His wife, Elinor, mother of his eight sons, died in Watertown May 11,
1659, aged about 60 years (though called 54). He married Judah (Judith) Clement,
Sept. 29, 1659. ..

His will, dated April 3, 1673, is as follows:

I John Whitney senior of Watertowne in ye county of midlesexx being perfect
and sound in my memory and understanding blessed be god for it: I do declare
this to be my last will and testemant In maner and form as followeth

lly 1 committ my spirit into ye hands of god yt gave it: and my body unto the
earth from whence it was taken;

21y I give unto my Son John Whitney: my meadow called beeverbrook mead-
ows with yt upland yt doth appertain thereunto: and a yoke of oxen: or nine pounds
ten shillings: and ten acres of my land called dcvcdent and a trunke and one pair of
sheets and one pair of pillows beers and two pewter dishes a great one and a small
one and ye bed whereon I lie with all the furniture thereunto belonging.

31y I give unto my son Richard Whitney my ten acres of land called devident
and two cowes and a great sea chest

41y I give unto my son Thomas Whitney ten acres of my land called devident
and two cowes and a sad colered sute namely a payer of breeches and a close coate
and a puter dish.

Sly I give unto my son Jonathan Whitney an iron kitle and a great brass skilet.

61y I give unto my son Joshua Whitney twenty acres of my land called devident
and a cubbard and a little table and a chest and a great kitle and a warming pan
and a skillett.

71y 1 give unto my son Benjamin Whitney the old mare if she live.

Sly My will is yt what of my estate be left after all is paid out as ye aboves
namely of my moveables yt it be equaly devided between my execeutors and 1 doe
nominate and apoynt my well beloved sones John Whitney and Joshua Whitney to be
my execeutors to this my will and testament and I doe desire my loveing friend
William Bond sen to se yt this my will be performed acording to ye true intent of it
as is aforesaid and doe set to my hand this 3d of Aprill 1673.

Ye centerline in ye line 24 ye wood devided was don before any subscribing or
sealining.

The marks of X

Jon Whitney sen and a scale.
In ye presince of us

William Bond sen

Sarah Bond sen

This is an inventory of the estate of Mr. John Whitnie, sene, taken this 4th of
•June, 1673, by us whose names are hereunto subscribed.

Impe Wearing Clothes.

A sad coleired sute coats and breeches 001 10 00

The rest of both linin and woollen and shooes stocking hats gloves

being much worne 002 10 00

The bed wheareon he lay wth all the furniture thereunto belonging.. . 05 00 00
Three pillows beers three sheets and three small old table clothes.. . . 001 00 00

An old feather boulster and feather pillows a sea chest 000 10 00

Two old chests an old trunke an old box and an old Cubbard 000 14 00

Two old tables one forme 4 old chaires 001 00 00

Three pewter platters one basson a sacer and old great pott and old

pewter bottle and a chamber pott 000 12 00

A brass kitle 2 brass skillets a brass skimer a warming pan a small

brass morter a little ladell of brass 001 02 00

An iron pot and pott hooks a tramell a iron kittle a spit a smoothing

iron and two old frying pans 001 05 00

Three earthen vessels a great grater 2 chuny dishes a dozen of

trenchers a wooden dish 3 cheese moats 000 03 00

A small trevit a pair of tongs and a small payer of scales pound and

half in waits a spindell for a wheelle and an iron bullet 000 02 00

A churne and other lumber 000 05 00

Four cowes 010 00 00

Two oxen 009 10 00

A old maer 002 10 00

Anoldsadlean pillion 000 10 00

An old paire of soops and boxes for a cart a payer of iron pins for the

extree a payer of lines pins and washers 000 10 GO

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A chaine a iron bar a spoone of iron an 'old adsc a set for a saw two

wedges and an iron pin for a cart a hay crome and other old iron, 000 12 00

A grind stone with the iron to it 000 04 00

An old haire a cart rope an old bage two old cushins 000 02 00

Fifty acres of land caled devident 025 00 00

Three acres of meadow at beaver brooke with an acre and half of up-
land to it 020 00 00

An acre of meadow called plaine meadow 010 00 00

A forke and a shovell 000 02 00

All so of 000 14 00

Joseph Underwood
William Bond
Nathan Fiske

Massachusetts Colony Records.

A quarter Court, held at Boston, the first of the 4th mo., 1641.
John Whitney was chosen constable at Watertowne and tooke oath.
There was granted to Goodm. Nutt, Marten \'nderwood, John Whitney, Henry
Kemball and John Witheredge alowance for 83'^ yrd. of cloth, valued at 12 d.
p. yrd.

165.5. In answer to the peticion of Mr. Lymon Eires, Jno. Stone, Jno. Whitney,
Wm. Page, etc , the Court judgeth it meete to referre the peticioners to the retourne
of the commissiones appointed to settle the matters in difference betweene them
those acts this Court doth approove of and contjnew, as they are presented to this
Court, and are on file.

WHAT HENRY AUSTIN WHITNEY SAYS.

JOHN WHITNEY probably arrived in June, and immediately settled in Water-
town, where his son Joshua was born the loth of July. He purchased a sixteen
acre homestall, which had been granted to John Strickland, who was dismissed
from the Watertown church May 29, 1635, and was one of that colony from Water-
town that went and planted Wethersfield, the oldest town on Connecticut river.
This homestead was the permanent residence of Mr. Whitney. In 1668 he requested
his youngest son, Benjamin, who had settled in York, Me., to return and live with him
on his homestead, with the assurance that it should be his own after his father's
decease. In 1671 Benjamin, with his father's consent, conveyed his rights and obli-
gations in this homestead to his brother Joshua, who had settled in Groton, for £A{i.
After the decease of his father Joshua returned to Groton, and on the 29th October,
1697, sold this ancient homestead to Dea. Nathan Fiske. It was situated at a little
distance north of Belmont street and east of Common street. (See the majj of the
original allotments in Bond's Early History of Watertown.)

It is stated above that Mr. Whitney purchased his homestall, but before 1642 the
town had granted him nine other lots of land, amounting to 198 acres. The Registry
of Deeds, which contains comparatively few of the early conveyances, shows that he
made several purchases of land, and it is probable that he had aided all his other
sons in their settlements as he did Jonathan, to whom he gave 39 acres about 1659 —
and Benjamin, to whom he gave the homestead as we have already noticed.
Jonathan and Benjamin received these gifts from their father when they were quite
young, and it is possible that they shared in some later division of his estate, which
may account for the fact that Mr. Whitney in his will, while he bequeathes parcels of
land to all his other sons, merely gives to Jonathan " one iron kitle and a great brass
skilet; " to Benjamin, "the old mare if she live."

Mr. W^hitney was admitted freeman March 3, 1635-6; appointed constable of
Watertown by the General Court, June 1, 1641; selectman, 1638 to 16-55, inclusive, and
town clerk, 1655.

His wife Elinor, the mother of his eight sons, died May 11, 1659, aged 54; and
he married Sept. 29, 1769, Judah Clement, who was not living at the date of his will,
April 3, 1673. He died June 1, 1673, aged 74. Inventory, dated June 4, 1673: -50 acres
■dividend land, 3 acres Beaver Brook meadow, and I'A acres upland; 1 acre plain
meadow, besides his personal property, consisting of household goods and stock on
the farm. This shows that he then held but a small part of his lands granted and
purchased, which had probably been distributed to his sons.

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1. John Whitney (Thomas, Robert), b. England, 1689, settled in Watertown,

Mass., June, 1635, m. in England, Elinor , b. 1599, d. in Watertown, May 11,

1659; m. 2d. in Watertown Sept. 29, 1659, Judith Clement. She died before her
husband. He 4- June 1, 1673; res. Watertown, Mass.

Mary, bap. Eng. May 23, 1619; d. young.

John, b. Eng., 1620; in. Ruth Reynolds.

Richard, b. Eng., 1626; m. Martha Coldam.

Nathaniel, b. Eng., 1627; n. f. k.

Thomas, b. Eng., 1629; m. Mary Kedall (Kettle).

Jonathan, b. Eng., 1634; m. Lvdia Jones.

Joshua, b. Wat., July 5, 1635; m. Lydia , Mary and

Abigail Tarball.

Caleb, b. Wat.. July 12, 1640; d. buried 12 (5) 1640.

Benjamin, b. Wat., June 6, 1643; m. Jane and Mary Poor.

3. John Whitney (John), b. England, 1620; res. in Watertown m. 1642, Ruth
Reynolds, dau. of Robert, of Watertown, Weathersfield and Boston.

He was admitted freeman May 26, 1647 ae. 23; was selectman 1673-80, inclu-
sive. The will of Robert Reynolds, of Boston, dated Apr. 20, 1658, mentions his
dau., Ruth Whitney and her eldest son; his dau. Sarah Mason and her son Robert.
John's estate was admr. upon by Ruth and sons, John and Benjamin. Inventory
dated Oct. 26, 1692, taken by Elnathan Beers and Thomas Hammond. It embraced
18 lots or parcels of land amounting to 210 acres and prized at ;^197:15. Item-
braced one lot of 17 acres, " purchased of father Arnold." His will was not proved,
it was written Feb. 27, 1685, subscribed in the year 1690. This will, written by him-
self, though informal and not on record, may be found, in the files at the Middlesex
Probate office and provides /;?/<??- a//a as follows: "If any of my sonnes or sone-in
laws or daughters be quarelsom by going to Law or troublesom to the brethren I say
they shall lose the share of what I have bequeatted them. I desire they should live
in love to God and one toward anothr."

Mr. Whitney first settled (1643) and always resided on a three-acre lot on the east
side of Lexington street, on land granted to E. How, and the next lot south of the
residence of the Phillips family, and is probably the same lot occupied by his great-
grandson, Bradshaw Whitney. The ground is somewhat elevated, and there is little
doubt that it is the "Whitney Hill " sometimes mentioned in the records, Dr. Bond
thinking it very probable that his supposition, p. 1031, respecting this hill, is incor-
rect.

In 1675, in a warrant issued to the people of Watertown (just a few months prior
to the attack on Sudbury) for impressing twenty soldiers with provisions, arms and
ammunition and good clothing for the defense of the colony, Capt. Hugh Mason
made a return, and in the list is found the names of John Whitney, Sr., and Moses
Whitney (the latter was probably his nephew).

He d. Oct. 12, 1692; res. Watertown, Mass.

11. i. John, b. Sept. 17, 1643; m. Elizabeth Harris.

12. ii. Ruth; b. Apr. 15, 1645; m. June 20, 1664, John Shattuck, b. Feb. 11,

1646. He was drowned in passing Charlestown Ferry, Sept. 14,
1675; m. 2nd Mar. 6, 1676, Enoch Laurence, b. Mar. 5,1649; d.
Sept. 28, 1744. Ch. John, b. June 4, 1666; m. Mary Blood; was one
of the selectmen; killed by the Indians with his son at Groton,
Mar. 8, 1709. He was the ancestor of Lemuel Shattuck, Esq., of
Boston, the historian of Concord, Mass; Ruth, b. Jan. 24, 1668;
William, b. Sept. 11, 1670; m. Hannah Underwood and Deliver-
ance Pease; Samuel, m. Elizabeth Blood and had nine ch.; ch.

by 2nd husband, Nathaniel, b. Feb. 21, 1677; m. Hannah .

One of his sons was captain of the Groton company; Daniel, b.

Mar. 7, 1681; m. Sarah . In 1707 he moved from Groton

toPlainfield,Conn.,inthat part which became Killingly; had two
wives and 22 children; Zechariah, b. July 16, 1683; m. Abigail
Parker and Lucy Lakin; Jeremiah, b. May 1, 1686. Enoch, the
father, was wounded in a fight with the Indians July 27, 1694,
which almost wholly prevented him from manual labor. John
Shattuck was in Capt. Beers' company in the Squakeag fight,
Sept. 4, 1675.

13. iii. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 1, 1646; m. Sarah Hagar.

14. iv. Samuel, b. July 26, 1648; m. Mary Bemis.

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Mary, b. Apr. 29, 1650; d. unm. after 1693.

Joseph, b. Jan. 15, 1651; m. Martha BoBch.

Sarah, b. March 17, 1658; m. Oct. 18, 1681, Daniel Harrington, b.
Nov. 1, 1657; d. Apr. 19, 1728; ch. She d. June 8, 1720, and he
m. 2nd Oct. 25, 1720, Elizabeth Bridge, wid. of Capt. Benja-
minGarfield. Ch.: Daniel, b. Feb. 24, 1683; m. Elizabeth Warren;
res. to Marlboro; Robert, b. July 2, 1685; m. Anna Harrington;
res. Lexington; David, b. July 10, 1687; Jonathan, b. Feb. 2,
1689; m. Elizabeth Bigelow; Joseph, b. Feb. 4, 1691; m. Martha
Hastings; Sarah, b. Oct. 28, 1693; m. Nathaniel Livermore and
Ebenezer Stone, of Newton.

18. viii. Elizabeth, b. June 9, 1656; m. Dec. 19, 1678, Daniel Warren, b.

Oct. 6, 16-53. He was selectman many times and rep. in 1701.
Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 16,1679; d. Feb. 4, 1695; Ruth, b. Oct.
15, 1681; m. Samuel Bigelow, of Marlboro; Mary, b. Jan. 25,
1683; Daniel, b. Apr. 30, 1686; captain; m. Hannah Bigelow and
, Mehitabel Garfield; Sarah, bap. Dec. 14, 1701; m. Daniel Galu-
sha; Hannah, b. Jan. 25, 1690; m. John Bemis, Jr.; Jonas, b. July
25, 1695; Jonas, b. Apr. 30, 1697; m. Elizabeth Seavens; Deliver-
ence, b. Oct. 10, 1699; m. Josiah Coolidge; Mary, bap. May 2,
1703, m. (?) Benjamin Tucker, of Leicester.

19. ix. Hannah, b. ; unm. in 1693.

/20. X. Benjamin, b. June 28, 1660; m. Abigail Hagar and Elizabeth .

4. Richard W^hitney (John), b. England, 1626; m. Mar. 19, 1650, Martha
Coldam. He was admitted freeman May 7, 1651. He was proprietor of Stow June 3,
1680, and probably moved there when it was a part of Concord or belonged to it.
His eight children were born in Watertown.

Apr. 7, 1697, Richard Whitney of Stow, being 70 years of age, was released from
training by the court. He d. ; res. Concord and Stow, Mass. ch.

Sarah, b. Mar. 17, 1652.

Moses, b. Aug. 1, 1655; m. Sarah Knight.

Johanah, b. Jan. 16, 1656.

Deborah, b. Oct. 12, 1658.

Rebecca, b. Dec. 15, 1659; d. Feb. 1660.

Richard, b. Jan. 13, 1660; m. Elizabeth Sawtell.

Elisha, b. Aug. 26, 1662. Did he go to Conn.?

Ebenezer, b. June 30, 1672; m. Anna .

6. Thomas Whitney (John), b. England, 1629; m. in Watertown, Jan. 11, 1654,
Mary Kedall or Kettle.

Thomas Whitney was admitted freeman Apr. 18, 1690.

"May 10, 1642, ordered that six pieces of common, called Pequusset, shall be laid
out for the present necessity of John Kettle." [Watertown Record.]
He d. Sept. 20, 1719; res. Watertown and Stow, Mass.

Tho.mas, b. Aug. 24, 1656; m. Elizabeth Laurence.
John, b. May 9, 1659; d. May 16. 1659.
John, b. Aug. 22, 1660; d. Aug. 26, 1660.
Eleazer, b. Sept. 2, 1662; m. Dorothy Ross.

Elnathan, b. Sept. 2, 1662; d. unm. He was a town charge in
1727, and the Selectman ordered to see if his brother Eleazer
would look after him. He was then sixty-six years of age. He
d. Mar. 8, 1727. He met with a serious accident and became
suddenly insane.

34. vi. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1663; d. young.

35. vii. Bezaleel, b. Sept. 16, 1665; n.f. k.

36. viii. Sarah, b. Mar. 23, 1666; m. Apr. 11, 1699, Charles Chadwick; b.

Nov. 19, 1674. Ch.: Charles, b. May 21, 1700, had a son Abijah,

b. May 12, 1725; Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1702; Abigail, b. ;

m. May 17, 1732, Capt. Henry Spring, of Weston, b. Feb. 2, 1710.

37. ix. Mary, b. Aug. 6, 1668; d. Sept. 6, 1669.

38. x. Isaiah, b. Sept. 16, 1671; m. Sarah (Woodward) Eddy.

39. xi. Martha, b. Jan. 30, 1673; unm. She and her brother Elnathan

had all the real and personal estate of their father.

7. Jonathan Whitney (John), b. England, 1634; m. in Watertown, Oct. 30,
1656, Lydia Jones, dau. of Lewis.

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Jonathan Whitney was admitted an inhabitant of Sherborn in 1679. That year
he signed the social compact entered mto by all the inhabitants. In 1681 he was
one of a committee about division of common lands and signed an agreement about
building a church.

He d. in Sherborn in 1702, where he was as early as 1679, and settled near Chest-
nut Brook. About 1659 his father gave him 89 acres of land, which he had pur-
chased of Richard Woodward. Nov. 7, 1664, Jonathan Whitney and wife Lydia sold
for ;i^40 this land, was situated in the little plain in Watertown, to Thomas Flagg.
Nov. 7, 1664, he sold to Richard Child 5 acres of meadow, situated on a branch of
Stony Brook. Jonathan Whitney took the oath of fidelity in 1652. His will is dated
Jan. 12, 1702. The agreement of his heirs is dated Charlestown, Jan. 21, 1714. He
d. in 1702. Res. Watertown and Sherborn, Mass.

40. i. Lydia, b. July 3, 1657; m. Apr. 15, 1681, Moses Adams, of Sher-

born, b. Oct. 6, 1654. He was tythingham, 1696; selectman, 1701;
had land in Douglass in 1715 and d. May 27, 1724. Ch.: Benoni,
b. Nov. 3, 1682; Lydia, b. Feb. 2, 1684; m. John Fisk; Eliza, b.
Sept. 18, 1686; d. July 17, 1689; Hannah, b. Feb. 8, 1688; m.
Nathaniel Fisk; Moses, b. Nov. 26, 1691; d.bef.l730; Elizabeth,
b. Oct. 25, 1689; m; David Rider; James, b. July 7, 1693; Isaac,
b. Mar. 4, 1695; Abigail, b. Sept. 7, 1697; m. Nathaniel Perry.

41. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 20, 1658; m. Sarah Hapgood.

42. iii. Anna, b. Apr. 28, 1860; m. Cornelius Fisher, of Wrentham. He

was b. Feb. 8, 1660; res. Wrentham. Ch.: Jonathan, b. Feb. 22,
1691 ; Cornelius, b. Sept. 29, 1692; Isaac,b. May 19, 1694; Ann, b.
Mar. 28, 1696. She d. Mar. 6, 1701, and he m. 2nd, Mar. 27, 1702,
Mary Colburn.

43. iv. John, b. June 27, 1662; m. Mary Hapgood, Sarah Haven and Mrs.
Martha (How) Walker.

JosiAH, b. May 19, 1664; m. Abigail and Mary .

Elinor, b. Oct. 12, 1666; d. Nov. 23, 1678.

James, b. Nov. 25, 1668; d. Nov. 30, 1690.

Isaac, b. Jan. 12, 1670; d. Dec. 2, 1690.

Joseph, b. Mar. 10, 1672; m. Rebecca Barge.

Abigail, b. Aug. 18, 1675; unm. in 1702.

Benjamin, b. Jan. 6, 1678; m. in Sherborn, Oct. 24, 1700, Mercy
Travis, and d. s. p. in 1718. She m. 2nd, prior to 1721, Lieut.
Thomas Frink, of Sudbury, Mass. She was b. Feb. 8, 1668, the
daughter of James and Mercy (Pierce) Travis, b. in Gloucester.
The father the same year moved to Brookfield, where he resided
until his return to Essex Co., where he d. 1717. Benjamin's will
was made in the year 171:3-4, and proved Sept. 25, 1718. In 1712
Benjamin Whitney and others petition to Gov. Dudley, from
Sherborn, for leave to form a cavalry company. His estate was
valued at /712.

8. Dea. Joshua Whitney (John), b. Watertown, Mass., July 5, 1635, m. Lydia
; m. 2d, Mary ,d. at Groton, Mar. 17, 1671; m. 3d, Sept. 30, 1672, Abigail

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Joshua Whitney was the first of the family who was born in America. He
was one of the earliest settlers, a deacon and original proprietor at Groton, Mass.,
and dwelt there probably until it was burnt by the Indians, during King Philip's
war, in the spring of 1676. He returned to Watertown for a few years and died in
1719. His will is dated Apr. 17, 1713, and proved Oct. 6, 1719. It mentions several
children whose births are not recorded. He was buried in the old burying ground
in Groton. He served as a soldier in King Philip's war with his son, Joshua, Jr., in
1691-2.

From the various works on Groton, compiled by that able historian, Hon. Samuel
A. Green, of Boston, I glean the following relating to Dea. Whitney:

In 1681, y3, 84 and 87, he was elected one of the selectmen. In 1680 he was
selected one of the board to arrange matters pertaining to the meeting house; 1684
Joshuey Whitney elected constibell; 1690 Joshua Whetney elected a tithing-man;
1685 Joshiway Whitney selected at the town meeting as a ffeus newers; 1693 elected
overseer of highway; 1701 was chairman of the committee to heat the meeting house;
1702 was again elected selectman.

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Groton, Apr. 22, 1715, at a church meeting:

Whereas, Deacon Whitney is old, and desirous of the choice of another to
officiate in his place, and wheras Dea. John Farnsworth is desirous of a new choice,
unless he were more unanimously confirmed, the church did thereupon unanimously
elect, or make choice of Simon Stone and Thomas Tarbele, to officiate as deacons in
the church of Groton.

Joshuay Whitny have payd for his land which he did purchis of the Town
Comity in the yer 1683, the and inst sum of twellve shillins for twelve ackrs of land.
I say payd for acording too ordr for the us of the Town.

By Jonathan Mors, Clark.

He d. Aug. 7, 1719;* Res. Watertown, Groton and Watertown, Mass.

51. i. Joshua, b. June 14, 1666; m. Mary — — , and Sarah Fellows.

52. li. Sarah, b. Oct. 10, 1668; m. July 11, 1704, Nathaniel Jewell, son of

Nathaniel and Mary (Smedley) of Groton, b. Nov. 10, 1678, d.
1730. Ch.: Sarah, b July 24, 1711; Abigail, b. Nov. 3, 1718; res.

Plainfield, Conn. She m. 2d Taylor, for in her brother

Joshua's will, in 1753, she is called Sarah Taylor.

53. iii. Mary, b. July 1, 1675; m. Ephraim Peirce, b. Oct. 15, 1673, d.

Feb. 27, 1740. She d. Dec. 29, 1749. Ephraim was one of the
first settlers in Lunenburg. He was one of the first selectmen
in 1728. [Hist, and Gen. Peirce family, by Fred C. Pierce.] Ch.:
Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1696; m. Mar 17, 1719, Josiah Farnsworth;
Elizabeth, b. July 24. 1698; m. Dec. 24, 1723, Thomas Farweli;
Ephraim, b. Nov. 12, 1700; m. Esther Shedd and Mrs. Huldah
Weatherbee; Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1702; m. Oct. 27, 1720, Jonathan
Parker; David, b. May 23, 1704; m. Elizabeth Bowers; Jonathan,
b. Apr. 15,1706; d. Sept. 23, 1723; Simon, b. Oct. 15, 1707; m.
Susannah Parker; Abigail, b. Nov. 20,1710; m. Ezra Farnsworth;
Lydia, b. Nov. 20, 1713; d. Sept. 24, 1723.
54. iv. William, b. Feb. 2S, 1678; m. Lydia Perham and Margaret
Mirick.

Cornelius, b. ; m. Sarah Shepherd.

David, b. in 1682; m. Elizabeth Warren.

Martha, -b ; m. Feb. 1, 1708, Isaac Williams, Jr., of Newton,

b. Nov. 1, 1686. Ch.: Abigail, b. Oct. 4, 1710; m. Josiah Fuller;
Jonathan, b. Dec. 16, 1711; m. 1735, Deborah Spring, b. Feb. 27,
1713; Martha, b. Mar. 18, 1714; m. Nathaniel Spring, b. Aug. 26,
1715; Mary, b. June 14, 1717; m. Joseph Miller; Phebe, b. Oct. 9,
1723; Hannah, b. Oct. 9, 1723; m. John Rogers; Isaac, b. July
15, 1725; m. Sarah Stratton and Elizabeth Cheney; Elizabeth,
m. Josiah Reed.

58. viii. Elizabeth, b. — - — ; m. Apr. 17, 1707, Ebenezer Farnsworth,

res. Groton, Mass. He was in King George's war in 1746; was
son of Matthias and Sarah Farnsworth. Elizabeth, b. June 27
1708; Matthias, b. Sept. 20, 1709; Ebenezer, b. Dec. 11, 1711; d
Oct. 11; 1723; William, b. Aug. 4, 1714; Abigail, b. Sept. 2, 1718
m. May 1, 1740, David Blood; she d. Nov. 7, 1783; Kezia, b
Apr. 17, 1723; Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1725; Lydia, b. Dec. 20, 1729
Farnsworth died before 1753, for at this time she was called
Elizabeth Harmon in her brother Joshua's will.

59. ix. Abigail, b. 1673; m. John Hutchins, of Groton. They res.

Groton. Ch.: John, b. Oct. 13, 1693; Joshua, b. Nov. 5, 1696;
m. July 12, 1722, Mary Shed; Abigail, b. Sept. 14, 1698; Eliza-
beth, b. Sept. 6, 1700; Benjamin, b. Aug. 17, 1705.

60. X. Alice, b. ; m. Nathaniel Woods, of Groton. He was b. in

Groton, the son of Samuel and Alice Woods, Mar 27, 1667-8.
She d. bef. July 3, 1721, for he then m. Sarah Brown, of Stow,
who d. Mar. 3, 1724. He m. 3d Sept. 14, 1725, Mrs. Mary Derby-

*The following inscription is copied from his tombstone, in the old burying ground in
■Groton :

[Death s Head]

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shire; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 19, 1694; m. Alice ; Daniel, b Aug.

10, 1696; John.b. Mar. 4, 1698; m. June 3, 1725, Sarah Longley;
Isaac, b. Feb. 20, 1700; m. Sept. 21, 1725, Abigail Stevens; Bath-
sheba, b. Apr. 5, 1702; m. Collins Mores; Hannah, b. Mar. 16,
1704; m. John Farmer; Phebe, b. Feb. 13, 1706; m. Oct. 25, 1733,
James Tufts, of Medford; Aaron, b. May 27, 1707; m. April 3,
1739, Sarah Boynton; Moses, b. July 6, 1709; m. Nov. 22, 1733,
Esther Houghton; Reuben, b. Apr. 11, 1711; m. June 11, 1741,
Mrs. Submit Whitney, 11 children; res. Groton (see); Phebe,
b. Mar. 13, 1713; Jonathan, b. June 4, 1716; m. Mary .

61. xi. Hannah, b. ; m. Thomas Woods, of Groton.

62. xii. Eleanor, b. ; m. Samuel Shepherd.

Samuel Shepard was son of Isaac and A. Mary (Smedley) Shepard, m. Elinor
W^hitney, and Nathaniel Jewell and A. Mary Smedley (2nd marriage) m. her sister,

Sarah Whitney. Isaac and Mary (^Smedley) Shepard had three ch.: Isaac m. ;

Samuel m. Elinor Whitney; Mary m. Thos. Harris.

Children of Samuel and Eleanor* (Whitney) Shepard, of Plainfield, Conn., as
named in the distribution of his estate Nov. 10, 1726, (indorsed) and recorded at
Windham (Willimantic), Conn.. Dec. 21, 1730.

i. Jonathan Shepard (eldest son), b. at Plaintield, Conn., March 3,

1707-8; m. March 29, 1729, Elizabeth Baker, and resided at
Canterbury, Conn. His children were (1) Samuel, (2) Jonathan,
(3) William, (4) Daniel, (5) Timothy and (6) Israel,
ii. David Shepard (2d son), m. May 8, 17.32, Mehitabel Spaulding,
and had Capt. (1 1 David Shepard, b. Jan. 10, 1733; from whom
are descended Shepard, of Otsego, N. Y. David Shepard, by
his second wife, Lydia Meacham, had (2) Mehitabel, b. Sept. 11,
1735; m. Capt. Joseph Burges, uf Canterbury, Conn.; (3) Lydia,
b. Sept. 13, 1737, m. Enoch Pierce, (4) Benjamin, b. July 4, 1740,
res. Norwich, Conn., (5) Jesse Shepard, of Tolland and Somers,
Conn., b. July 6, 1744, m. Sept. 24, 1766, was a soldier in the
Revolution. His son Jesse Shepard, M. D., resided at Schoharie,
N. Y., and was the ancestor of the Shepard family, of Buffalo,
Danville, and New Haven, N. Y, (6) Abigail, wife of Jonathan
Pierce, b. Aug. 1, 1746, Sarah Shepard, b. Jan. 16, 1749, and John
Shepard, b. May 5, 1751, d. unm. 1767. David Shepard lived on
Shepard's Hill, in the town of Plainfield, Conn., and d. Nov. 10,
1752, ae. abt. 40. His wife Lydia survived him nearly half a
century.
iii. Nathan Shepard (3d son), b. June 15, 1720, m. Susannah

Wheeler; issue, four daughters.
iv. Benjamin Shepard (4th son), b. Feb. 21, 1722-3.
V. Eleanor (Derby), eldest daughter, Mch 6,1701-2.
vi. Mary (Johnson),' 2d dau., b. Aug. 11, 1703.
vii. Lucy Shepard (3d dau,), d. s. 17.35.
The grave of Samuel Shepard at Plainfield, Conn., is marked by a simple slab
with the inscription S. S., 1724. His wife Eleanor survived him, but the date of her
decease is not known. He was the son of Isaac Shepard, of Concord (Nashoba),
Mass., who was killed by the Nashua Indian, Feb. 12, 1676, and grandson of Dea.
Ralph Shepard, of Dedham, Maiden and Concord (1603-1691), and his wife. Thank
Lord, from Stepney Parish (London), England. For further particulars see the
monograph written upon the " Puritan Ralph Shepard " by his descendant and
namesake, the late Ralph Hamilton Shepard, of New Haven, N. Y., or consult Judge
H. M. Shepard, of Chicago.

10. Benjamin Whitney (John),b. Watertown, June 6, 1643; m. probably at York,

Me.; Jane .. She died Nov. 14, 1690; m. 2d, Apr. 11, 1695, Mary Poor, of

Marlboro.

The Massachusetts Whitneys early in the seventeenth century began to spread
toward the east, and many of the older towns in Maine show in records of churches
or private families, in addition to the town clerk's records, the prominent part played
by them. The published histories of many towns, as Brunswick, Gorham, Gray,
Harrison, Castine, and many others, contain lists of town officers and oth^ records
showing the interest the family of that day took in town and church affairs.

♦Eleanor and Sarah married balf-brothors.

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The early records of York, Me., were destroyed by the Indians in the memorable
massacre of 1692, and there are now no records of this ancient town, which was
originally called Agamenticus, from a mountain in the northern part of the town.
In 1652 the inhabitants signed articles of submission to Massachusetts and at that
time there were no persons by the name of Whitney residing there.

The first record I can find of Benjamin in Maine is in 1662-6-8 he witnessed at
York an agreement of John Doves. He was at Cocheco, Me., near Dover, in 1667-8.
April 13, 1674. The selectmen of York laid out 10 acres of upland to Benjamin,
His father desired that he should return to Watertown and settle with him on the
homestead during his lifetime, promising him his house and barn and all his land
about home if Benjamin would do so. This property consisted of about 17 acres,
bounded by land of John Sherman William Bond and Martin Underwood, which
promise John confirmed by deed April 5, 1670. Benjamin and Jane, March 9, 1671,
with the consent of their father (John), sold to his brother Joshua for ^40 his right in
his father's estate (" the Mansion house of John Whitney ") obtained as above stated.
As will be seen by this Benjamin did not then return to Watertown, but continued to
reside in York.

In 1685 Benjamin and Jane Whitney, of York, sell to Jonathan Saywood for ^10
and 14s. "a certain tract and parcel of land which I have improved, possessed and
havebuilded a small tenant upon planted and lived upon these several years," which
was granted by the town of York in 1680, and ten other acres granted by the town of
York in 1674, as stated above. It is probable that his wife died about this time and
soon after, leaving his young children with relatives of his wife, he returned to
Watertown and soon located in Sherborn, near the Natick town line. He married
his second wife in Marlboro in 1695 and lived on land belonging to Harvard College,
which he leased of Gov. Danforth. In 1718 he received a legacy of 10s. per annum
from his nephew. Benjamin, son of his brother Jonathan. He d. in 1728.; res. York
" ' , and Sherborn, Mass.

Jane, b. Watertown, Sept. 29, 1669; m. at Sherborn, Jan. 4, 1693,
Jonathan Morse, b. July 11, 1667.

Timothy, b. in York, Me. In 1703 he was a member of the com-
pany in York raised for the defense against the Indians, com-
manded by Capt. Preble.

John, b. in York abt. 1678; m. Letty Ford.

Nathaniel, b. York, Apr. 14, 1680; m. Sarah Ford.

Jonathan, b. in 1681; m. Susanna Whitney.

Benjamin, b. ; m. Mrs. Esther Maverick.

Joshua, b. Sept, 21, 1687; m. Hannah Rockwood.

Mark, b. abt. 1700; m. Tabitha Mellen.

Isaac, b. ; m. Elizabeth Bridges.

11. John Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown Sept. 17, 1643; m. in 1669 Eliza-
beth Harris, b. Nov. 9, 1644; dau. of Robert. She owned the Covenant at Roxbury,
Mar. 30, 1671.

John Whitney wastmade freeman in May, 1684. The name of John Whitney
appears in the list of members of the Second church in Roxbury when gathered by
" ye Rev. Nehemiah Walter, Nov. 2, 1712," and doubtless he had previously been a
member of the first church in Roxbury. His houselot, containing nine acres, was
situated in that part of Roxbury called Jamaica Plain, and lying on the right as you
pass up Pond street to the south part of Brookline, which town was called Muddy
River until the year 1705.

He was a soldier in King Philip's war in 1676 from Roxbury, and owned Cov-
enant at Roxbury in Feb., 1684.

"Next to Gov. Bernard's estate, on the right as you go up Pond street in Rox-
bury, was the Whitney estate of nine acres. A handsome stone mansion of the
Elizabethan style, the residence of Mrs. Abel Adams, stands on the elevated plain
at the rear of the lot. The Whitney house, which stood about a quarter of a mile
this side of the Brookline line, disappeared about a century ago, and on the removal
of the family the property was purchased by the Childs family, whose premises it
joined. In the rear of the spot where the old house stood the ground slopes grad-
ually downward for several rods to a narrow strip of meadow, through which runs a
pleasant little brook. Beyond the meadow the ground rises abruptly to an eleva-
tion many feet higher than the front of the lot, and still rises gradually, forming a
slope of considerable dimensions, and extending westerly to Brookline. West of
the brook is a fine grove of forest trees. The name of John, the grandson of John
Whitney, the first settler, appears in the list of members of the Second Church when
gathered in 1712." [Hist, of Roxbury]

and Cocheco, Me,

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He was a tailor by trade. His will was made in Sept., 1718; proved Mar. 13,
1726-7; mentions his wife Elizabeth.

He d. Mch 4, 1726; res. Roxbury, Mass.

Daniel, b. Dec. 3, 165^1; m. Susanna Curtis.
Timothy, b. Apr. 16, 1678; m. Margaret Bacon.
Elizabeth, b. Sept. 9, 1670; bap. 1671; O. C.Apr. 1685; d. bef.
1726; will names "her heirs."
75. , iv. Ruth, bap. Aug. 31, 1674; m. Apr. 22, 1701, Joseph Adams, son of
Roger and Mary Adams. They res. in Brookline, where she d.
Nov. 19, 1762, ae. 88.

76. V. Sarah, bap. Aug. 2, 1684; d. July 4, 1689.

77. vi. John, b. Apr. 1, 1672; d. young, not named in father's will.

13. Nathaniel Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown, Feb. 1. 1646; m. Mar. 12,
1673; Sarah Hagar, b. Sept. 3, 1651; d. May 7, 1746, in Weston.

VISIT TO WESTON.

By HON. WM. WHITNEY RICE.

ABOUT five years ago I rode from Cambridge to Weston in search of any relics
I could find there of the Whitneys, as I knew that my grandfather, Phineas,
was born in Weston.
I found there the farm, which had been owned by them through several genera-
tions down to about ten years previous to the time of my visit. It is not an especially
attractive farm, although there are some beautiful prospects to be had from it and
the surrounding country. I should suppose it to be a good grazing farm. Some old
apple trees still remain. It is about a mile and a half from the centre village of
Weston, on the road to Lexington. On the side hill, and a few rods from the road, is
an old cellar and an old well, which mark the sight of the first Whitney house, built,
probably, by Nathaniel, grandson of John. Nearer the road is a more modern house,
built by one of the Whitney owners, and afterwards enlarged to accommodate his
son. On this farm, and, I think, in the more modern house, was born William
Whitney, who went to Winchendon in 1769, carrying with him his sons William and
Phineas, both born in Weston. By the roadside near the house stands a mammoth
elm, which has sprung from a seedling set out by, I think, the mother of William
Whitney, about 125 years ago. It still stands, sound and stalwart, and bids fair to do
so for many years to come. On the opposite side of the road was a large barn,
heavily built, to accommodate the agricultural tendencies which the Whitneys seem
to have carried wherever they settled. From this farm went the Whitneys, who did
not find room at home, to other towns, near and remote. One, Nathaniel, went to
Westborough. He was father of Eli, the inventor of the cotton gin, and one of the
Whitney ancestors of the compiler of this book. Willian* went to Winchendon.
He was the progenitor of the numerous Whitneys of that town. Phineas, brother of
William, went to Shirley, and from him sprang a numerous family, some of whom
■went to Boston, where they still reside. At the time of my visit the farm was owned
by a Captain Lowe, who had purchased it from a Whitney, who was the last of the
name to own it. I am informed that Captain Lowe has sold it, and that it is now
owned by a Dr. Bradbury, who is building an elegant country residence over the old
cellar and well of the first house built there by Nathaniel a generation before the
Revolution.

He d. Jan. 7, 1732; res. Weston, Mass.

78. i. Nathaniel, b. Mar. 5, 1675; m. Mercy Robinson.

79. ii. Sarah, b. Feb. 12, 1678; m. Jan. 5, 1709, Jonathan Ball, b. Mar. 29,

1680, d. 1727. Ch.: Sarah, b. 1710; Jonathan; Thankful, bap.

Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 9; Daniel, bap. Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 7; Jane, bap.

Jan. 7, 1728, ae. 4; Susanna, b. Apr. 6, 1726. The widow m. 2d

Charles Chadwick, Jr.
William, b. May 6, 1683; m. Martha Pierce.
Samuel, bap. July 17, 1687; m. Ann Laboree.

Hannah, bap. Mar. 1688; m. Billings.

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 15, 1692. Did she m. Joseph Harrington?
Grace, b. 1700; d. Mar. 23, 1719.
Mercy, b. ; m. Greaves.

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14. Samuel Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown, July 23, 1648; m. Feb. 16,
1683, Mary Bemis, b. Sept. 10, 1644; d. bef. 1730.

He was a soldier from Watertown or Groton in the war with King Philip in 1676.
He was paid 4s. 4d. in Boston in 1675 for services. His will is dated Feb. 12, 1730.

He d. in 1730; res. Watertown, Mass.

86. i. Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1689; m. June 7, 1711, John Fiske, Jr., b. May

15. 1687. She d. Feb. 27, 1726. He d. in Worcester, Mass.,
Nov. 1756, a short time before his second wife's death. Ch.:
Mary, b. Dec. 28, 1711; m. Nov. 25, 1735, Samuel Hagar; Abi-
gail, b. Nov. 11, 1714; m. June 5, 1734, Stephen Sawin; John, b.
tune 10, 1716; Sarah, b. May 14, 1718; Jonathan, b. June 27,
1729; d. Jan 8, 1781; David, b. June 16, 1734; d. Nov. 23, 1771.

16. Joseph Whitney (John, John), b. Watertown Jan. 15, 1651; m. Jan. 24, 1674,
Martha Beach, dau. of Richard and Martha, b. Mar. 10, 16-50.

He took the oath of fidelity in Dec. 1677. Bought land in Weston in 1699, admr.
of his estate granted to wid. 'Martha, Nov. 13, 1702, Isaac Beech app. guardian of
Benjamin, and of Mary and Sarah.

He d. Nov. 4, 1702; res. Watertown, Mass.

87. i. Joseph, b. Aug. 15, 1675; m. Apr. 10, 1701, Hepzibah Flagg, dau.

of Thomas and Rebecca (Dix). Thev res. in Watertown and
Weston. He made his will Jan. 7, 1736-7. Lodged July 15, 1737;
proved and allowed Aug. 1, 1737; at this time his widow only
was surviving, s. p.

Martha, b. Dec. 20, 1677; d. Oct. 30, 1702.

John, b. July 29, 1680; m. Sarah Cutting.

Isaac, b. Mar. 10, 1681; d. Mar. 20, 1681.

Isaac, b. Feb. 4, 1682; d. Nov. 1, 1702.

Benjamin, b. Jan. 30, 1684; m. Elizabeth Fiske.

MARY.b. Apr. 21, 1694; m. July 13, 1715, John Knapp, Jr., of New-
ton,b. Dec. 11, 1688;d. 1730. Ch.: David, Josiah, Isaac, Bathsheba,
Martha and Lydia.

94. viii. Sarah, b. 1694; bap. June 20, 1697.

20. Benjamin Whitney (John, John) b. Watertown, June, 28, 1660; m. Mar. 30,

1687, Abigail Hagar, dau. of William and Mary (Bemis); m. 2nd Elizabeth .

He d. 1736; res. Watertown, Mass.

95. i. Abigail, b. Mar. 3, 1688; m. Mar. 18, 1717, Richard Sawtel; bap.

Apr. 21, 1689. Ch.: John, b. and d. 1717; Abigail, b. Apr. 12,1719;
m. May 12, 1743, Benjamin Hastings.

96. ii. BenjamIn, bap. July 10, 1698; m. Rebecca .

97. iii. Ruth, bap. July 10, 1698; m. July 7, 1715, John Bond, bap. Nov. 23,

1690. He was dismissed from Watertown to the church at Wor-
cester in 1752, whither he had moved several years before, and
where his wife, Ruth, d. Apr. 1, 1748. Ch.: Benjamin, b. Apr.

16, 1716; Ruth, b. Mar. 28, 1718; m. Aug. 8, 1750, Samuel Ken-
dall; Bethia, b. Mar. 23, 1719; m. Apr. 13, 1747, Enoch Sawtel;
Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1722; m. Dec. 17, 1747, Josiah Holden; John,
b. Mar. 16, 1724; m. Nov. 21, 1751, Silence King; Mary, b. Feb.
1, 1726; m. Nov. 21,*1751, Daniel Bigelow; Josiah, b. June 22,
1728; d. Oct. 12, 1743; Sarah, b. Mar. 10,1730; Susanna, b. Oct.
24, 1732; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 30, 1737; m. Oct. 21, 1761, Andrew
Patterson, of Sudbury, and res. Petersham.

98. iv. John, b. June 15, 1694; m. Susan , Bethia Cutter and Mrs.

Beriah (Bemis) (Child) Pierce.

99. V. David, b. June 16, 1697; m. Rebecca Fillebrown.
100.^ vi. Daniel, b. July 17, 1700; m. Dorothy Tainter.

22. Moses Whitney (Richard, John), b. Concord, Mass., Aug. 1, 16.55; m. Sept.
30, 1686, Sarah Knight, of Stow. She d. ^Iar. 23, 1755. Moses Whitney served as a
soldier in King Philip's war in 1676. The following year he " was released," whether
from duty or as a prisoner I am not able to learn. He had land granted him at Stow,
Apr. 8, 1681. June 4, 1708, he purchased 30 acres of land, swamp and meadow, of
Richard Burck, of Sudbury, which had been granted him by the town of Stow. In
1692 he sold 4j4 acres of meadow and 10 acres of upland in Sudbury, as per deed to
Benj. Whittemore. He d. ; res. Sudbury and Stow, Mass.

30 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

101. i. Sarah, b. July 2, 1687.

102. ii. Moses, b. in 1690; m. Elizabeth and Sarah Gary.

103. iii. Abraham, b. May 29, 1692; m. Mary Stone and Elizabeth .

104. iv. Jonas, b. Feb. 1, 1699; m. Dorcas Wood and Margaret Stratton.

105. V. Jason, b. in 1704; m. Arabella .

106. vi. Lemuel, "youngest son," b. Aug. 1, 1714; m. Sibel .

107. vii. John, b. ; m. Rebecca Whitney.

108. viii. Ephraim, b. ; d. May 4, 1723.

26. Richard Whitney (Richard, John), b. Watertown, Mass., Jan. 13, 1660;
m. Elizabeth Sawtell, b. Feb. 3, 1668; d. Nov. 24, 1723; dau. of Jonathan of Groton.

He had land granted him in Stow, Oct. 24, 1682.

Bond says in his History of Watertown that Elizabeth Sawtell was b. Feb. 3,
1668; m. Aug. 25, 1691, Joseph Morse; he d. Jan. 24, 1709, and she m. 2d, Feb. 10,
1713, Benjarnin Nurse, Sr., of Framingham.

In the library of the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, at 18
Somerset street, Boston, there is a copy of Henry Austin Whitney's work relative
to the descendants of John and Elinor Whitney, presented to the society by him,
containing annotations made in his own hand. Among others, one to the effect that
Richard Whitney, of Stow, married Elizabeth Sawtell, daughter of Jonathan Sawtell,
of Groton. He cites as authority a certain conveyance recorded in volume 13, page
197 of Middlesex Conveyances, Oct. 8, 1698.

His will, dated Dec. 22, 1723, mentions son Richard executor, son Jonathan
executor, son Joshua, daughters Hannah Farr, Elizabeth Wetherby, Sarah, Ruhamah
and Hepzibah.

He d. Dec. 15, 1723; res. Stow, Mass.

109. i. Richard, b. ; m. Hannah Whitcomb and Hannah Ayres.

110. ii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 26, 1699; m. .\lice Willard.

111. iii. Joshua, b. in 1706; m. Zerviah .

112. iv. Hannah, b. ; m. Samuel Farr.

113. V. Elizabeth, b. — ; m. Dec. 29, 1722, John Wetherby.

114. vi. Sarah, b. in 1703; m. 1723, Capt. Hezekiah Hapgood. They res.

in Stow, Mass. He was a prominent citizen; tythingman in
1726, selectman 1741-2 and 53. Was captain in the French and
Indian wars. Ch.: Ephraim, b. 1725; Jonathan, colonel, m. Ruth
Wolcott and Mrs. Sarah Whitney, whom he m. Oct. 5, 1785;
Capt. Hezekiah's will was proved July 19, 1768.

115. vii. Ruhamah, b. in 1705.

116. viii. Hepzibah, b. in 1710; m. Oct. 12, 1732, Seth Sawyer, of Lan-

caster. He was bap. in Lancaster, Oct. 31, 1708; son of Caleb;
m. first Jan. 11, 1726-7, Dinah Farrar. She d. Oct. 25, 1727. ae.
23. He then m. Hepzibah, of Harvard; was united by Rev.
John Prentice.

28. Ebenezer Whitney (Richard, John), b. Concord, Mass., June 30, 1672, m.

Anna . She m. after his death at Pomfret, Conn., John Cumins, and d. May

15, 1758.

He d. Aug. 5, 1727. Res. Stow, Mass., and Pomfret, Conn.

117. i. Zachariah, b. ; m. Ruth Taylor.

118. ii. Ezekiel, b. ; m. Itabell Taylor and Sarah Farrah

119. iii. Esther, b. ; m. Jan. 18, 1726, William Bigginton, res. Pom-

fret, Conn. She d. Oct. 19. 1727.

29. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, John), b. Watertown, Aug. 24, 1656; m. Jan. 29,
1679, Elizabeth Lawrence, b. Feb. 30, 1659; d. in Bolton Feb. 8, 1741.

He resided in Watertown, Stow and Lancaster, in that part incorporated later as
Bolton. He bought UK acres in Cambridge of A. Rowse, Mar. 10, 1679. Witness
Geo. Laurence, his father-in-law. In Feb. 1681, Geo. and Elizabeth Laurence gave
to son and dau., Thomas and Elizabeth Whitney, land by deed. Feb. 24, 1682, he
bought 60 acres at Pompascitticut, now Stow, where his first five children were born,
as by the county returns in the clerk's office in E. Cambridge. In 1719 he bought for
;£300 52 acres in Lancaster. Feb. 26, 1721, he deeded one half this purchase, with
buildings (the homestead) to his son John, of " Stow and now designed to remove to
Lancaster," partly by gift and partly by sale, and in this document mentions all his
children, except Thomas, to whom he had made a gift of 21 acres in Stow Nov. 6,
1711, and Benjamin, who had also probably received a gift from his father. He was

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 31

a soldier in 1676 in King Philip's war, and was in the garrison at Lancaster Oct.
19, 1675.

He d. Apr. 12, 1742; res. Watertown, Stow, Lancaster and Bolton, Mass.

120. i. Thomas, b. Sept. 17, 1681; m. Mary Baker.

121. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 16, 1682.

122. iii. John, b. May 13, 16«4; m. Elizabeth Barnard.

123. iv. Mary, b. Jan. 13, 1685.

124. V. Benjamin, b. Oct. 7, 1687; m. Sarah Barrett and Abigail Bridge.

125. vi. Nathan, b. Nov. 18, 1689; m. Mary Holman.

126. vii. Susanna, b. ; named in her father's will.

127. viii. Abigail, b. ; m. in Lancaster Feb. 27, 1723, Jonathan Rand,

of Stow.

32. Eleazer Whitney (Thomas, John), b. "Watertown Apr. 7, 1662, m. Apr. 11,
1687, Dorothy Ross, of Sudbury, dau. of James; d. June 22, 1731. A testamentary deed
is recorded Sept. 30, 1728. He was a wheelwright and res. in Sudbury in 1692. His
children were baptized in the Second church ih Watertown by Rev. Angier. He d,
; res. Sudbury and Watertown, Mass.

128. i. Sarah, b. in S. May 29, 1688. Did she m. Jonathan Ball instead

of Sarah, dau. of Nath'l?

129. ii. Eleazer, b. Mar. 5, 1690; d. young.

130. iii. Ja.mes, b. Feb. 12, 1697; d. Nov. 20, 1697, in Watertown.

131. iv. Thomas, bap. Jan. 28, 1699; m. Hannah Smith.

132. V. James, bap. Jan 28, 1699; d. young.

133. vi. Mary, b. Nov. 20, 1697; m. Oct. 26, 1716, Abraham Chamberlin, of

Roxbury.

134. vii. Dorothy, b. Apr. 24, 1700.

135. viii. Eleazer, bap. Apr. 15, 1702; m. Mary Grow.

136. ix. Elnathan, b. May 5, 1705; m. Sarah Perry.

137. X. James, bap. June 1, 1708; m. Mercv Flagg.

138. xi. Jonas, b. 1709, bap July 14, 1723; m. Sarah Perry.

38. Isaiah Whitney (Thomas, John), b. Watertown, Sept. 16, 1671; m. Mrs.
Sarah (Woodward) Eddv, dau. of George Woodward, and wid. of Jonathan Eddv.
She was b. Oct. 3, 1675. 'She m. July 6, 1693, John Eddy, b. Feb. 16, 1636; res. Wate'r-
town, selectman 1671. He d. 1694, and admr. granted to wid. Sarah Oct. 22, 1694.
She prob. m. Isaiah Whitney in 1695. They owned the Covenant at Lexington in
1696, when one of their children, probably the first, was baptized.

The witnesses to his will were Samuel Whittemore, John Mason, Eliza and
Martha Foxcraft.

A true Inventory of all & singular yt goods chatteles & credits of Isaiah Whitney
of Cambridge in New England Husbandman Late Dec'd: Priczed on the tenth day
of January 17 11 12 by those whose names are underwriten as followeth:

Imps., His.:

Item, wearing aparrill .' 02 16 00

Item, his books 00 05 00

Item, one bed with beding in yt chamber 05 00 00

Item, his table lining 00 11 00

Item, to 2 chests & 2 boxes 00 10 00

Item, to 2 beds with beding in ye lower rooms 04 00 00

Item, the pewter 01 00 00

Item, the brass 00 04 00

Item, one iron pot & kettle with severall small things 00 14 00

Item, to lumber 01 00 00

Item, earthen ware & glasses 00 01 00

Item, armes & amunition 00 09 00

Item, to utensols for husbandry 01 19 00

Item, to boards not yet improved 00 12 00

Item, to stock of chatties & swine 21 00 00

Sum 39 19 00

Item, the house and lands 40 00 00

Estate in debt:

Impri : to money due by bond 24 00 06

Item, to money due by bond 05 06 00

Item, to money due by bond 09 15 00

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Item, to money due for a pair of oxen . . .

Item, to f unerall charges

Item, to money due to ye publick taxes.

05

00 00

02

00 00

01

11 03

Sum 47 12 07
Beside Docklers and other small debts yt do not yet thuoreghly known.

Ffrances Bowman.
Samuel Whiemore.
John Majon.

Exhibited & sworn to by Sarah Whitney admitted adm. to her late husband
Isaiah Whitney aboved deed intestate as a full inventory of his estate that she
knows of Camb 25 June 17 11-12.

He d. Jan, 7, 1712; res. Lexington, and Cambridge, Mass.

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John, b.

Isaiah, b. June 1, 1700; m. Elizabeth Whitney.

John, b. in Camb. Dec. 6, 1698.

Nathaniel, b. .

Elijah, b. Aug. 2, 1707; m. Rebecca Winship.

Sarah, bap. July 22, 1703; m. Aug. 2, 1720, Andrew Parker, b. Feb.
4,1693,d.Apr. 8, 1776; res. Lex. Shed. Dec. 18, 1774. Ch.: Sarah,
b. Feb. 9, 1721; m. Jabez Kendall; Jonas, b. Feb.6, 1722; m.

Lucy . He was a member of the company of Lexington

Minute Men, commanded by Capt. John Parker, that partici-
pated in the battle of Lexmgton and "fired the shot heard
round the world." " History, Roman history," says Everett,
"does not furnish an example of bravery that outshines that of
Jonas Parker. A truer heart did not bleed at Thermopylae.
He was next-door neighbor of Rev. Mr. Clark's, and had evi-
dently imbibed a double portion of his lofty spirit. Parker was
often heard to say that be the consequences what they might,
and let others do as they pleased, he would never run from the
enemy. He was as good as his word — better. Having loaded
his musket, he placed his hat, containing his ammunition, on
the ground between his feet in readiness for the second charge.
At the second fire from the enemy he was wounded and sunk
upon his knees, and in this condition discharged his gun. While
loading it again upon his knees, and striving in the agonies of
death to redeem his pledge, he was transfixed by a bayonet, and
thus died on the spot where he first stood and fell." [Address by
Hon. Edward Everett.]

Amos, b. July 27, 1723; m. Anna ; Elizabeth, bap.

■ Aug. 22, 1725; d. young; Thomas, bap. Dec. 24, 1727; m. Jane
Parrott; Abigail, bap. July 27, 1729; Lucy, bap. Apr, 4, 1731; m.
Joshua Mead; Elizabeth, bap. June 22, 1735; Andrew, bap. Apr.
16, 1738; m. Abigail Jennison; Kezia, bap. June 1, 1740; m.
Joseph Wyman; Ebenezer, bap. Feb. 28, 174i; d. 1743; Mary,
bap. Oct. 21, 1744.

Jonas, b. Nov. 27, 1711; m. .

Abraham, bap. Feb. 19, 1710; m. Sarah Whitney.

Mary, bap. May 4, 1696; m. Oct. 31, 1731, Benjamin, son of Benja-
min and Elizabeth (Sweetman) Wellington, who was born June
21, 1676, and d. Nov. 15, 1738. Ch.: Mary, b. Oct. 20, 1732; d.
Apr. 12, 1806; Oliver, b. 1735.

Mary Wellington, dau. of Benj. and Mary (Whitney) Welling-
ton; m. 1st Jan. 10, 1751, to James Lane, of Bedford, son of James
and Martha (Minot) Lane. He was b. Mar. 4 (or 8), 1725 (or 6),
and d. suddenly Jan. 4 (or 24), 1799. His widow m. 2d Capt.
John Moore, of Bedford. Ch.: Oliver Wellington; James, b.
Mar. 10, 1754; m. June 6, 1805, Molly Pollard; Solomon, b. Aug.
7, 1756; m. Sarah Stearns; David, b. Mar. 11, 1758; m. 1st Molly
Lane; m. 2d Phcebe Lane; Isaac, b. May 13, 1766; d. May 24,
1803, without issue. Oliver Wellington Lane, son of James and
Mary (Wellington) Lane, b. Oct. 27, 1751. Graduated Harvard
College 1772; M. A. 1779. Died in Boston Nov. 3, 1793 Mar-
ried Susannah Newman. He was the most famous schoolmaster

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of his day in Boston. Deacon of the First Universalist church
of Boston. Ch.: James Bowdoin, b. Aug. 4, 1785; Augustus
Frederick, b. May 12, 1787; Thomas Parker, b. July 1, 1789;
Mary Wellington, Susannah Newman, twins, b. Mar. 30, 1791;
John Murray, b. Apr. 29, 1793; d. June 20, 1794. A des. is Dr.
Arthur Whitney Clark, of Lawrence, Kas.

41. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 20, 1658; m. Sarah Hapgood'
b. 1667. He had a lot and built a house near Chestnut Brook in Sherborn about 1691"
He, however, did not remain long in Sherborn, for his eldest seven children were born
in Watertown. The eighth was born in Sherborn. He afterward went to Concord,
where he died. W^ill dated Mar. 14; proved Mar. 18, 1735. He served in King
Philip's war in 1676. He d. Mar., 1735; res. Sherborn. Watertown. and Concord,
Mass.

148. i. Jonathan, b. Sept. 27, 1694; d. young.

149. ii. Sarah, b. Mar. 2, 1692; m. Nov., 1712, Jonathan Warren, b. Apr.

26, 1688; d. Apr. 10, 1732. She died Apr. 10, 1752. Res. Water-
town, Mass. Ch.: Tabitha, b. June 4, 1713; Eunice, b. Aug. 19,
1714; m. Nov. 16, 1731, Judah Clark, of Lexington; Keziah, b.
Aug. 2, 1716; m. Nov. 23, 1733, Jacob Smith, of Shrewsbury;
Sarah, b. Apr. 22, 1718; m. 1740, Joseph Smith, of Shrewsbury
and Worcester; Grace, b. Nov. 28, 1719; Anna, b. Aug. 26, 1721;

m. Cox; Mary, b. Aug. 17, 1723; m. Jan. 17, 1753, W'illiam

Hagar; Thankful, b. Apr. 4, 1725, d. Apr. 29, 1730; Elizabeth,
b. Nov. 1, 1727; m. Oct. 9, 1750, Josiah Bemis; Sabinet, b. Mar.
14, 1728; m. Jan. 2, 1762, Ichabod Stanlev, of Weston; Thankful,
b. May 23, 1730; Abigail, b. July 19, 1732; m. Sept. 11, 1750, Ben-
jamin Hagar.

150. iii. Tabitha, b. Aug. 22, 1696; m. Feb. 28, 1715, Jacob Fulham, b. Nov.

19, 1693, d. May 8, 1725. She m. 2d Apr. 19, 1726, George Park-
hurst. She ni. 3d Aug. 10, 1736, Samuel Hunt.

Jacob Fulham was a serg. in Capt. Lovewell's company and
was killed in "Lovewell's Fight" with the Lidians at Pigwacket
(Fryesburg), May 8, 1725. "A serg. named Fulham and an In-
dian distinguished by his dress and activity singled out each
other and both fell, mutually slain by their antagonist's
weapon." [Worcester Mag. 1:23] Res. Weston. Ch.: Francis, b.

Mar. 20, 1716; m. Susanna ; Jacob, b. Dec. 22, 1718; m. 1743,

Hannah Ware; Tabitha, b. May 12, 1722; m. 1742, Ebenezer
Allen; Elisha, b. June 26, 1725 (posthumous); m. Jan. 21,
1744, Sarah Hagar; Tabitha's 2d husband b. June 3, 1685; d.
Mar. 17,1734. Ch.: Daniel, b. Feb. 11, 1726; m. Nov. 4, 1746,
Martha Gamage, res. Watertown and Cambridge; Jonathan, b.
Nov. 16; 1728, m. 1750, Anna Allen, of Petersham; William, b.
Apr. 11, 1731, res. Holliston; George, b. Apr. 25, 1733, of German
Flats; Tabitha, b. Tabitha's 3d husband was Samuel Hunt.
They sold to Thomas Rand, of Weston, the right of the widow's
third of George Parkhurst estate Nov. 14, 1753. Hunt, b. Jan.

11, 1709. Ch.": Mary. b. June 29, 1745, m. Barnard. The

wife Tabitha d. bef. 1764, for Jan. 16 he m. Lydia Willard.

151. iv. Shadrach, b. Oct. 12, 1698; m. Mrs. Prudence Lawrence.

152. V. Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1700; res. in Lunenburg in 1744; supposed

to have d. 1755.

153. vi. Amos, b. May 1, 1705. He was named in Shadrach's will. His

estate was settled about 1772; will dated Aug. 28, 1769, proved
Feb. 22, 1771, mentions brother Daniel, Ebenezer Cutler and wife,
brother and sister and kinsman Levi of Townsend. He prob-
ably d. unm. in Townsend.

154. vii. Zaccheus, b. Nov. 16, 1707; m. Marv Wheeler.

155. viii. Anne, b. May 22, 1702; m. Mar. 3, 1723, in Concord, Mass., Capt.

Ebenezer Cutler, b. July 24, 1700. He held the rank of captain,
was justice of the peace many years. Res. Weston, which was
set off to Lincoln, Apr. 19, 1754. He d. in Lincoln, Jan. 17, 1777.
She d. in Lincoln, Mass., Aug. 24, 1793. Ch.: Elisha, b. Apr. 30,
1725; m. Anna and Mrs. Mary Cutler; Jonas, b. Oct. 16,

34 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1727; m. Jemima Davis; Anne, b. Mar. 6, 1729; m. Isaac Jones.
Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1732; Sarah, b. Sept. 15, 1735; m. Samuel Hill,
res. Mason, N. H., son Ebenezer, gr. H. C; Mellicent, b. Mar.
31, 1738; m. 1762, Capt. Samuel Baldwin, Jr., res. Riverdale. in
Northbridge, Mass.; Eliakin, b. July 10, 1745; d. Mar. 21, 1812.

156. ix. Isaac, b. . He was of Concord, a glazier. His bro. Shad-

rach admr. on his estate Feb. 4, 1754, prob. d. unm. At the death
of his father in 1735 he was given lands in Sherborn. He was
a soldier in the early Indian wars, and with his brother Zaccheus
was left bv Capt. John Lovewell in the fort in Ossipee in 1725.

157. X. Timothy, b. Feb. 20, 1709; m. Submit Parker.

158. xi. Daniel, b. 1710; m. Thankful Allen.

43. John Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. June 27, 1662, in Watertown; m. there
Apr. 10, 1688, Marv Hapgood, dau. of Sheadrath, of Sherborn; m. 2d, 1694, Sarah
Haven, dau. of Richard, b. Lynn, June 4, 1665, d. Apr. 23, 1718; m. .3d, Nov. 10, 1718,
Mrs. Martha (How) Walker, b. 1669, d. Nov. 14, 1721. He was selectman in 1714, and
for three years constable, 1719; tythingman 1719 and 1724; was admitted to the church
July 26, 1719; was a fuller by trade. His inventory bears date May 22, 1735, and his
estate was valued at £61^-14-1. He d. in 1735; res. Framingham, Sherborn, and
Wrentham, Mass.

159. i. MARy, b. Mar. 27, 1689; m. Feb. 1, 1709, Daniel Moore, b. Apr. 18,

1686; res. Sudbury. Among other ch. was Israel, b. Sept. 18, 1724;
m. Susannah Woodward.

160. ii. James, b. Dec. 28, 1692; m. Martha Rice and Mrs. Elizabeth (Hol-

brook) Twitchell.

161. iii. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 21, 1690; m. Jonathan Willard, b. at Roxbury,

June 27, 1693. They resided at various places; they were in Sud-
burv 1710 11, Cambridge 1714-18, Roxburv 1718-21, Charlestown
1722-24, Worcester 1728-30. She d. in Worcester, July 4, 1720.
Ch.: Mary, b. 1715; m. Apr. 28, 1743, Joseph Rutter; Abigail,
b. Sept. 18, 1716; m. James Mann, of Naiick; Daniel, b. 1718;
m. Rachel Wheelock and Mrs. Elizabeth (Manningi Bailey;
Jonathan, b. 1720; m. Sarah Childs and Mrs. Stark; John, b. 1720;
m. Elizabeth Elder; Josiah, b. Oct. 16, 1722; Benjamin, b. 1725;
m. Marv Rice.

162. iv. LVDIA, b.'Apr. 18, 1695; m. Feb. 4, 1713, Richard Haven, b. Jan. 8,

1692, m Framingham; he d. at Athol, Aug. 3, 1770. They were
admitted to the church there May 12, 1717. Ch.: Lydia,b. Feb. 10,
1714; m. Seth Bullard; Hannah, b. June 10, 1716; m. Isaac Fisk;
Marv, b. June 5, 1718; m. John Hill ; Sarah, b. June 5, 1718, d. July
10, 1718; Sarah, b. Sept. 11, 1719; m. Isaac Hill; Richard, b. Dec.
12, 1722; Elizabeth, b. May 24, 1724; m. Ebenezer Bullard;
Dea. John, b. May 7, 1726; m. Mar. 27, 1746, Susannah Drury;
he was dea. of Athol church; she was b. Feb. 2, 1722; Rebecca,
b. Mar. 25, 1728, d. Jan. 10, 1729; Daniel, b. Feb. 1, 1730; Jona-
than, b. Mav 3, 1732, res. Athol; Simon, b. Mar. 5, 1734; Elias,
b. Feb. 19, 1735, d. July 2, 1735; Simon, res. Athol.

163. v. Hannah, b. Sept. 27, 1697; m. Jan. 23, 1722, Ezekiel Rice, b. Oct.

14, 1700. She d. bef. 1753. Res. Natick and Sherborn. Ch.:
Ezekiel, b. Oct. 29, 1723; m. Hannah Edmands; John, b. Apr. 9,
1725; from Apr. 26 to Nov. 6, 1757, in Smith's company — marked
"Deceased;" James, b. July 13, 1726; m. Marv Stearns; Han-
nah, b. Oct. 15, 1727; m. Thos. Kendall; Daniel, b. Aug. 10,
1729: d. unm.; Richard, b. Oct. 20, 1730; m. Jan. 16, 17.55, Sarah
Drury. She was b. Dec. 8, 1734. He d. Natick, Jan. 24, 1793, and
she went to Union, Me.; Martha, b. Aug. 8, 1732; Uriah, b.
■ ; m. Rachel ; Moses, b. ; m. Mary Spar-
hawk.

44. Josiah Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. May 19,1664; m. Abigail ; m.

2d, Mary . With his wife Mary he settled in Wrentham in 1701. Inventory of

his estate was made Jan. 15, 1717. He d. in 1717; res. Groton and Wrentham, Mass.

164. i. Marv, b. Mar. 5, 1696.

165. ii. Josiah, b. 1698; m. Elizabeth Grant, Mehitable Fuller, and Lydia

Ballard.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 35

16G. iii. Jonathan, b. 1704; m.

168.

i.

169.

11.

170.

111.

171.

IV.

172.

V.

173.

VI.

51. Dea. J

Mary —

167. iv. Abigail, b. 1709; m. Sept. 20, 1729, Preserved Hall of Wren-
tham. At the time of her father's death in 1717, Benjamin Whit-
ney was appointed her guardian.

48. Joseph Whitney (Jonathan, John), b. prob. Watertown or Sherborn, Mar.
10, 1672; m. May 26, 1706, Rebecca Burge, of Charlestown. At the time of marriage
both were of Chelmsford. In 1740 he resided in Chelmsford; for that year he deeded
property in Pepperell to his son Joseph, which for over 100 years remained in the
family. He was born in W'atertown and married his wife in Charlestown. The
records say both were of Chelmsford at the time of the marriage. Res. Chelmsford,
Mass., and Sherborn, Mass.

Jonas, b. June 7, 1708.

Joseph, b. in 1710; m. Abigail Nutting.

Sylvanus, b. in 1712.

James, b. in 1714; m. Ellenor .

Ephraim, b. in 1716.
Abigail, b. Mar. 5, 1707.
Joshua Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., June 14, 1666;
m. Mary ; b. in Mass., 1666; d. June 25, 1751; m. 2d, Dec. 11, 1751, Sarah Fel-
lows, b. 1668; d. Mar. 28, 1759.

Joshua was born in the town of Groton, Mass., resided there with his parents
until their removal to Plainfield, where he was among the first settlers. He was one
of the signers of the covenant of the first church there Jan. 5, 1751. He ever after
lived there and died of old age.

Joshua Whitney, will made and dated at Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 15, 1751.

Joshua Whitney, will recorded at Plainfield, Conn., Jan. 8, 1754.

Maker of will, Shubah Conant, justice of peace; residence at Plainfield.

Sarah Whitney, widow of Joshua Whitney, letter of administration. May 23,1759.

His will mentions William Whitney, Cornelius Whitney, .and David Whitney,
broth'ers; and Abigail Hutchings, Mary Peirce, Elizabeth Harmon, Martha \\'illiams,
Elinor Shephard, and Sarah Tylor, sisters. Mary Lawrence and John Crery, names
mentioned in the will of J. Whitney; also the names of two negroes are mentioned,
Sandy and Ceaser, he leaving property to both.

Dea. Joshua Whitney was born in Groton, Mass., and served as a soldier in
King Philip's war in 1692 from Groton. He soon after moved to Quinebaug, Conn.,
for, Nov. 18, 1699, with thirty-eight others, he signed a petition to the Massachusetts
General Court in relation to the land boundaries. In 1702 he was elected collector.
He resided on the east side of Quinebaug river, which later became Plainfield. In
1704 he was appointed a committee to apportion the enclosing fence to the several
proprietors. In 1705 he was chosen to finish the laying out of the divisions of
meadows. In 1706 he had twelve acres of land bound over to him in security for
four pounds in money loaned the town. After the township was incorporated, he
was elected representative to the General Court. In 1710 he gave part of the land
for a highway, from Quinebaug river to the east bound of the town. In 1719 he was
elected deacon of the church, and that year, when the new meeting house was
erected, he gave a sum much larger than many others and only equaled by one
other. According to Miss Larneds valuable History of Windham County, he was
one of the most prominent citizens of Plainfield. Deacon Whitney, in his will, made
by Shubah Conant, justice of the peace, made provision for his negro servants, and
it shows the conscientious scrupleness with which some good men of that day fulfilled
the responsibility of ownership. Not only did he make Sandy, Ceaser, Judith and
their children absolutely free, but bequeathed to each household six acres of land
and farming tools. He gave to one his " oldest little Bible," and to the others
several good books; enjoined Sandy to take care of Bess, his wife, and give her
decent burial, and directed Ceaser and Judith "to see that their children were in no
way left to perish."

He d, s. p., Dec. 1, 1753; res. Groton, Mass., and Plainfield, Conn.

54. William Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Feb. 28, 1678; m. in Chelms-
ford, Mar., 1700, Lydia Perham, b. Feb. 19, 1673; d. in G. Aug. 24, 1716; m. 2d,
in Newton, Apr. 25, 1717, Margaret Mirick, b. 1683; d. .

William 'VVhitney, of Groton, and Lydia Perham, of Chelmsford, entered into a
covenant of marriage before Mr. Thomas Clark, Mar., 1700 [the rest of the date is
torn off, but suppose it to be 1699-1700. Hon. S. A. Green]. The family record has
it 1700. Lydia (Perham) Whitney was admitted to the Groton church Aug. 5, 1716.

36 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He was born in Groton, where he resided until his marriage. His wife was from
Chelmsford, in which place they were married. She died and was buried in Groton.
His second wife was probably from Newton, for he was married there. Apr. 4, 1710,
he purchased land in Killingly, Conn., of James Corbin of Woodstock. He
removed to Plainfield, Conn., about 1720, where he afterward resided. His will is
dated Oct. 15, 1751. In 1754 he gave the heirs of his sister Abigail Hutchings property
by deed.

He d. about 1754; res. Groton, Mass., and Plainfield, Conn.

174. i. William, b. May 5, 1701; m. Mary Whitmore.

175. ii. LVDIA, b. Dec. 26, 1710; m. Apr. 8, 1741, Samuel Taylor.

176. iii. Joshua, b. Nov. 1, 1714. The family record says Josiah, but But-

ler in Hist, of Groton gives the third child as Joshua; m. Amy
Blodgett.

177. iv. John, b. Jan. 30, 1717-18; m. Elizabeth .

178. V. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 12, bap. Aug. 16, 1719. Butler in his Hist, of

Groton says Elizabeth, family record says Esther. Church
record says Elizabeth, which latter is correct.

179. vi. Caleb, b. Sept. 10, 1721; m. Margaret .

55. Cornelius Whitney (Joshua, John), b. in Groton; m. Sarah Shepherd.

In 1707 the selectmen of Groton petitioned the governor in relation to the num-
ber of people " either actually removed or are meditating of it." In the list " of per-
sons gone" are the names Cornelius and Josiah Whitney.

Cornelius Whitney and his wife, Sarah, were admitted to full communion in the
Groton church Aug. 21, 1715. If they moved away and had "gone" from Groton in
1707, they must have returned and resided for a short time before going elsewhere.
Groton, Mar. 23, 1721. Then we, the subscribers, laid out to a fifteen-acre
sight, originally Ralph Read's, now claimed by Cornelius Whitney, fifty-five acres
of land, laying on the southeast side of pine meadow, the northwest corner being a
great pine by his own meadow, bounded easterly to John Stone's meadow, the north-
east corner an oak, the two southerly corners, pines; all marked for corners. What
is above fifteen acres in quantity being added to it to make it equal in quality to
fifteen acres of the best land, in our judgment, allowance being made for a high-
way through the same when needed. Said land being fully to satisfy said right in
the new division of the common on the east sfde of the river.

Zachariah Sawtell, Phinehas Parker, and Nathaniel Woods, committee of the
proprietors of Groton.

He was born in Groton, where he resided until 1707, when, on account of Indian
hostilities, with his father he moved elsewhere. He evidently returned, for he was
a soldier in the Queen Anne war from that town soon after. Later he moved to
Killingly, Conn., and where it is said he died.

He served in the Oueen Anne war of 1707. This same year, on account of the
unprotected condition of the Groton frontier, with others he petitioned for leave to
move elsewhere. He d. in Connecticut; res. Groton, Mass., and Killingly, Conn.
Sarah, b. Apr. 17, 1715; d. bef. 1731.
Abigail, b. Dec. 9, 1717.

Matthias, b. May 26, 1720; m. Alice .

Mary, b. Aug. 20, 1722.

losHUA, b. Dec. 1, 1724; m. .

Lydia, b. Apr. 23, 1729.
Sarah, b. Jan. 8, 1731.

56. Col. David Whitney (Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., in 1682; m. at Plain-
field, Conn., Jan. 20, 1712, Elizabeth Warren, dau. of Jacob of Plainfield, and moved to
Canaan, Conn.; m. 2d, July 28, 1767, Mrs. Prudence (Merrills) Sedgwick, b. Dec. 22,
1700; d. Feb. 1, 1793. She fell mto the fire. Dau. of Dea. Abraham Merrills of
Hartford, Conn.

He was born in Groton, Mass., moved to Plainfield and married there. In 1740
he moved to Canaan, Conn., where he afterward resided and where he was inn-
keeper, his tavern being the best known in that section of the state. He was a very
active and influential man; was colonel of the militia and held other offices in
the town. His will is dated Oct. 27, 1769, and proved Dec. 13, 1769. He married
twice, his second wife being Prudence, who was given one-third of the estate.
He d. in 1769; res. Groton, Mass., Plainfield and Canaan, Conn.

187. i. Esther, b. May 1, 1714; m. Kingsbury and d. before 1769,

leaving heirs mentioned in her father's will.

180.

181.

ii.

182.

iii.

183.

iv.

184.

v.

185.

VI.

186.

vn.

188.
189.
190.

iii.
iv.

191.
192.

V.

vi.

193.
194.

vii.
viii.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 37

David, b. Sept. 16, 1716; m. Marv Gun.

Joshua, b. Oct. 11, 1718; m. Ann Blodgett.

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1720; m. Stanton. She died before

her father, for in his will he refers to her heirs, one of whom was
Joshua.

Jacob, b. July 13, 1723; d. Sept. 10, 1738.

Tarball, b. Nov. 1, 1725. He was executor of his father's will in
1769 and d. in Canaan in 1794.

Marv, b. Mar. 13, 1727; d. June 28, 1729.

JosiAH, b. Aug. 11, 1731; m. Lois Breck and Mrs. Samuel Chan-
dler.
195. ix, SoLO.MON, b. in 1733; m. Sarah .

65. John Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., about 1678; m. there Letty or
Lettis Ford, the dau. of John Ford; b. in York, Me.

He was born in York, Me., and in 1703, at the age cf 23, with his two brothers,
Nathaniel and Timothy, was a member of the military company, commanded by
Capt. Abraham Preble, of York. " This company comprised the flower of York, or
the young men of that date."

John Whitney witnessed will of John Moore, at York, in 1713. I have been
unable to find any record of his property, though it is stated in his brother Nathaniel's
deed that he, Nathaniel, owned property adjoining that of John.

He settled in New Meadows, Me., in 1739; he d. ; res. York and Lisbon

Falls Me.

' 196. i. Marv, b. Mar. 12, 1704; m. Oct. 16, 1723, Thomas Edward; res.

Kittery, Me.

Sa.muel, b. May 5, 1707; m. Lydia .

Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1709.
Hannah, b. .A.pr. 17, 1710.

Mercy, b .

Mehitable, b .

John, b. May 4, 1719.

Benjamin, b. May 22, 1725; m. Mercy Hinckley.

66. Nathaniel Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. in York, Me., Apr. 14, 1680; m.
there Sarah Ford, the dau. of John, of Kittery, b. in York.

He was born in York, Me., where he probably resided until after his marriage, when
he removed to Gorham. In 1703 he was a member of the military company of York,
commanded by Capt. Preble, for defense against the Indians. D. Williams Patter-
son, who compiled the Connecticut Whitney family, says he was a son of Benjamin
and Jane Whitney. In 1708 Nathaniel Whitney, weaver, of Kittery, bought of John-
son Harmon and Mary, his wife, a certain piece of salt marsh and thatch ground in
York, commonly known as the Sunken Marsh.

Nov., 1715, Nathaniel Whitney, of York, weaver, and wife, Sarah, sell for four
score pounds to Joseph Harris Yz the tract of land known as the Sunken Marsh, hav-
ing sold the other Yz to John Stagpole, and all housings, timber, etc.

In 1717 Nathaniel Whitney purchased 20 acres of land of John- Racklift and
a small orchard on the southeast side of York river, and northwest side of Rogers'
Cave, in York, for /20. This land joined that of John Whitney.
He d. in Gorham, Me.; res. York, Me.

204. vii. Lydia, b. ; d. July 14, 1720.

Lydia, b. July 22, 1726; d. Mar. 23, 1727.

Naham, b. Jan. 10, 1706; m. Lvdia Young.

Nathaniel, b. Dec. 12, 1709; 'm. Molly Day.

Abel, b. July 23, 1712; m. Mary Crane'.

Sarah, b. Nov. 8, 1714; m. July 13, 1736, Jeremiah Simpson, of

York, Me.
Isaac, b. Mar. 9, 1720; m. Sarah Crosby.
Amos, b. Mar. 5, 1723; m. Sarah Payne.
Joanna, b. Mar. 13, 1729.

67. Jonathan Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. 1680; m. 1700, Susanna Whitney,
b. 1681.

In 1721 Jonathan Whitney's name is found among the list of those taxed for the
minister's rate in Sherborn. He paid one of the largest taxes. In 1723 his name was
first on a petition to be set off as a separate town. This was afterward called Hol-
iiston. In 1727 he was chosen committee in Holliston in relation to land for minis-

197.

11.

198.

111.

199.

IV.

200.

V.

201.

VI.

202.

VII.

203.

Vlll.

205.

viii.

206.

1.

207.

ii.

208.

111.

209.

iv.

v210.

V.

211.

VI.

212.

Vll.

38 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

ter. In 1730 he deeded his interest in the land to the first minister, Rev. James
Stone. He was selectman m Holliston 1724-25-26-27-28-32-36-57.

He made his will Feb. 2, 1753, provided judiciously for his family, and appointed
his wife Susanna, with his eldest son Jonathan, co-executors. It was proved in Mid-
dlesex Co. Feb. 11, 1754. He owned some meadow lands in what is now Milford.
He d. Jan., 1753; res. Sherborn, Holliston, and Milford, Mass.

"213. i. Susanna, b. Jan. 20, 1702; m. Gershom Fames, of Holliston.

Ch.: Martha and Patience.

214. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 17, 1704; m. Lydia Jones.

215. iii. Keziah, b. July 11, 1706; m. 1730, Elder Abraham Jones,

July 2, 1708; 'd. Feb. 25, 1792. She d. June 29, 1791; res.
Milford. Ch.: Susanna, b. Feb. 8, 1732; d. Nov. 1, 1736; Jona-
than, b. Nov. 13, 1733; d. Nov. 6. 1736; Keziah, b. Nov. 23, 1737;
d. 1744; Sarah, b. Dec. 16, 1739; d. 1744; Hannah, b. Nov. 8,
1741; d. 1744; John. b. Mar. 23, 1744; m. Abigail Cheney; Abra-
ham, b. May 3, 1746; m. Olive Bates; Solomon, b. Apr. 3, 1748;
d. young. The father was deacon of the Cong. ch. in 1743;
elder 1754. He was a solid and influential man.

216. iv. Dorothy, b. Aug. 28, 1708; m. May 9, 1734, Ebenezer Hunt,

b. 1707; res. Hollioton. Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Apr. 15, 1735; m.
Deliverance Newton; res. Paxton; Thomas, b. Aug. 23, 1737;
d. Mar. 5, 1744.

217. v. Mary, b. May 28, 1710; m. Joseph Jones, b. Dec. 27, 1709;

d. Apr. 3, 1796. She d. July 9, 1788. He was a large land-
holder; res. Mil. Ch.: Susanna, b. Nov. 10, 1733; Hannah, b.
July 3, 1736; d. young; Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1737; m. Ruth Nelson;
Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1740; m. James Sumner, Esq.; Lvdia, b. Apr.
2, 1744; Jonathan, b. Aug. 11,1746; m. Mary Ball; David, b.July
10,1749; d. young; Timothy, b. Apr, 25, 1751; m. Ann Scammell.

218. vi. LvDiA, b. Mar. 3, 1712; m. Isaac Hill.

219. vii. Elias, b. Nov. 14, 1716; m. Elizabeth Mellen and Elizabeth

Boyden.

220. viii. Mehitable, b. Dec. 27, 1719; m. David Cutler; res. Mil. She d.

bef. 1768. Ch.: Jonathan, b. June 23, 1747; Abigail, b. Oct. 11,

1749; Susanna, b. July 11, 1752; Nathan, b. Feb. 22, 1755; m.

Ruth Nelson; David, b. Aug. 22, 1757; m. Esther Evans;

Mehitable, b. May 8, 1762; m. Nathaniel Flagg.
George, b. Aug. 12, 1721; m. Sarah Cozzens.
Jesse, b. Feb. 8, 1713; prob. d. bef. 1754; not named in will.
Hannah, b. Feb. 11, 1714; same as Jesse.

68. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. ; m. in Boston, Aug. 7, 1705,

Mrs. Esther Maverick, wid. of James; for an account of him see Sumner's History of
East Boston, 1):<58. Benjamin and Esther Whitney sell land to Bro. Jonathan, 1718,
and in 1729 convey estate in Boston formerly James M. to James, Jr., and Martha, wife
of Thomas Bellows, of Southboro. Benj. was an inholder in Framingham and drew
land in Douglass in 1715.

On Suffold Deeds, vol. 83, p. 15, Hester, wife of Benj. Whitney, certifies to birth
of her two children by former husband, James Maverick, at Winnissimet.' Martha,
b. April 17, 1693; James, b. Oct. 2, 1699. Corroborated by Phebe Brentnal, aged 45,
and Sarah Eustace, aged 52, June 18, 1718.

He d. ; res. Framingham and Sherborn, Mass.

224. i. Benjamin, b. May 22, 1709; m. Margaret Sanderson.

69. Joshua Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 21, 1687; m. Hannah Rock-
wood, of Medfield, b. 1696; d. bef. 1738; m. Phebe . After his death she m.

Caleb Partridge, of Medway. He d. bef. 1754; res. Oxford, Mendon, and Uxbridge,
Mass.

He was a cordwainer by trade. Was one of the thirty original proprietors of
Oxford, Mass., which land he purchased of the Nipumck Indians in 1713 and resided
on lot No. 27, in that town, on the Sutton road. In 1715 he disposed of his property
and moved to Mendon, Mass., per Suffolk Deeds 27, p. 174, and History of Oxford.
His first three children were born in M. He resided in that part of Mendon which
was subsequently in 1727 incorporated as Uxbridge.'Mass. The inventory of his
estate, per Worcester probate records, was made Dec. 1, 1750. Josiah Taft was admr.

221.

ix.

222.

x.

223.

xi.

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225. i. EzEKiEL, b. Mendon, Aug. 29, 1716; m. .

226. \'A. Isaac, b.

227. ii. Nathaniel, b.

228. iii. Mary, b. Uxbridge Oct. 27, 1732; prob. d. bef. 1765.

229. iv. Joshua, b. Feb. 27, 1738-39. In 1754 Caleb Partridge was his guar-

dian.

230. V. Joseph, b. Mar. 21, 1739^0; prob. d. bef. 1765.

231. vi. Benjamin, b. Mar. 14, 1743; m. — .

232. vii. Phebe, b. July 25, 1745; m. Kirby; res. Uxbridge, Mass.

233. viii. Hannah, b. Feb. 4, 1746.

234. ix. Bethvah, b. Sept. 29, 1720; d. young.

235. X. Bethyah, b. Feb. 24, 1726; d. young.

70. Mark Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. Framingham, Mass., abt. 1700; m. in
Framingham Jan. 4, 1726, Tabitha Mellen, dau. of Thomas and Elizabeth, b. Jan. 4,
1703.

Mark Whitney was born in Framingham, Mass. He was a soldier of Capt. Sam-
uel Wright's Rutland Company, in service from Nov. 10, 1723, to June 10,1724. He
resided in Hopkinton, which town was purchased of the praying Indians in 1700,
and incorporated in 1715, the name being given in honor of Edward Hojikins of
Harvard College. It, however, did not assume the privileges of a town until 1724.
This year a church was organized in the town and Mark Whitney was, Apr, 27, 1735,
admitted a member, He married his wife in Framingham. He continued to reside
in Hopkinton until his removal to Framingham; he was dismissed to the Framing-
ham church Apr. 5, 1752, and there he was admitted to the church by letter from Hop-
kinton Feb. 10, 1754. While residing there he kept a tavern on the old Whitney
homestead near the Havens. He soon moved to Natick where he afterward resided
until his death. Natick lies between Sherborn and Framingham, and it was here
that Rev. John Elliot established his first Indian church in America. Until 1746
Natick was an Indian plantation; that year it was incorporated as a district, and in
1781 it was incorporated as a town. In 1759 Mark Whitney was surveyor of high-
ways and member of the parish committee in 1760, assisted in preambulating the
town line between Natick and Sherborn, which committee rendered its report Mar.
24, 1760. He was a prominent and leading citizen in the various towns in which he
resided, as the title " Mr." is prefixed to his name in the town records. His will is
dated at Natick, June 17, 1760, and was witnessed by Micah Whitney. His widow,
Tabitha, taught school at HopKinton.

A deed is on file in the Middlesex Probate records of a house lot signed by
Benjamin, Sr., Benjamin, Jr., Mark and Isaac. Mark lived on this homestead.

A petition is also recorded, signed Benjamin, Sr., Isaac, Benjamin, Jr., and Mark.

Mark was'a soldier from Framingham before his marriage to a Framingham girl ;
his Hopkinton neighbor and brother (land adjoined as shown by deeds), Isaac
Whitnev, married Elizabeth Bridges of Framingham. His land came to him from
his father, Benjamin Whitney, who was of Framingham. Thomas Mellen, who was
Mark Whitney's father-in-law, and Benjamin Whitney were of those who, in 1732,
went to the Hopkinton church on account of dissatisfaction at Framingham,

He d. June 23, 1760, at N.; res. Framingham, Hopkinton, and Natick, Mass.

236. i. Love, bap. Hop. Nov. 26, 1726; m. Jan. 2, 1754, Jonathan Battle of

Dedham. He was b. May 30, 1724. They had a son, Timothy,
b. Sept. 21, 1756. She (Love Whitney) m. 2d, 1767, Barrachias
Alason (see Tilden's History of Medfield), b. 1723, d. 1795.
They res. Medfield. He gr. at Harvard College in 1742; was a
noted surveyor of lands and surveyed the town of Natick in
1778; taught school in Reading, 1747, also taught singing school;
was selectman for five years and mholder. Ch.: Johnson,
b. 1767, was captain of militia and rose to the rank of lieuten-
ant-colonel, and town clerk 19 years, also representative;
Arnold, b. 1770, d 1837. A son of Johnson was Dr. Lowell
Mason, the celebrated musical composer, b. in Medfield in 1792,
and also grandfather of Wm. Mason, also celebrated as an
American musician and founder of the Mason & Hamlin Organ
Mfg. Co. of Boston.

237. ii. Jason, b. Aug. 31, 1729; m. Elizabeth Beal and Lois Pratt.

238. iii. Mary, b. Oct. 4, 1731; m. 1759, Lieut. Joseph Cody of Hopkinton;

res. Milford, Mass. He was son of Isaac and Hannah Cody and

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VI.

242.

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was b. in Hopkinton, Mass., May 2, 1736. He settled in "Bun-
gay," Milford, Mass., on what is now known as the Partridge
place. He was in the French and Indian wars, and the first
constable at Milford; was called "Lieut. Joseph;" was a carpen-
ter by trade, and tradition says that he seldom used any meas-
uring implement, but laid out his framing work by so accurate
an eye that all his joints and mortises fitted exactly when his
frames were raised. Ch.: Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1760; m. June 6, 1782,
Thomas Hiscock; Martha, b. Sept. 7, 1761; Sarah, b. July 7, 1763;
m. Nov. 16, 1780, Richard Hiscock; Anna, b. May 12, 1765; m.
Nov. 13, 1783, James Hiscock; Hannah, b. Apr. 13, 1767; d. in
early infancy; Joseph, b. Mar. 23, 1769; Hannah, b. Apr. 1, 1771.

Mark, b. Apr. 11, 1732; d. unm. at Natick in 1750.

Tabitha, b. Apr. 11, 1735; d. July 11, 1735, in Hopk.

Thomas, b. Jan. 24, 1736; m. Mehitable Bacon.

Tabitha, b. Mar. 11, 1738; m. Aug. 31, 1767, John Lessure of
Upton, Mass.

243. viii. Sarah, b. June 12, 1739; m. June 11, 1761, Nathan Watkins of

Hopkinton; descendants res. in Hollinston.

244. ix. Esther, b. Oct. 3, 1742; m. Aug. 30, 1764, James Watkins of Hop-

kinton; des. res. in Milford.

71. Isaac Whitney (Benjamin, John), b. prob. in Framingham, Mass.; m. there
Sept. 27, 1722, Elizabeth Bridges. She d. before 1749, prob., as she is not mentioned
in her husband's will. It mentions dau. Judith, son Gideon, who he gives house and
land in Hopkinton and lands in N. H., and brother-in-law Gideon Bridges. Benjamin
Whitney, Jr., his brother, witnessed his will and was bondsman for executor. Will
dated May 24, proved Oct. 23, 1749. He owned land in Hopkinton, adjoining that
of his brother Mark. He d. 1749; res. Hopkinton, Mass.

245. iii. Gideon, b. Nov. 27, 1729; m. Hannah Norcross.

246. iv. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 28, 1731; m. Ebenezer Hc^we and d. soon.

247. ii. Judith, b. July 25, 1727.

248. i. Isaac, b. July 29, 1725; d. bef. 1749. Not mentioned in will.

72. Daniel Whitney (John, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1681; m. June 21, 1704,
Susanna Curtis. He d. ; res. Roxlaury, Mass.

249. i. John, b. May 23, 1705. He was given land in Woodstock, Conn.,

at the death of his grandfather by his will.

250. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 4, 1706.

251. iii. Susanna, b. Feb. 21, 1708.

252. iv. Daniel, b. Mar. 26. 1711; m. .

253. V. Anna, b. Apr. 30, 1713.

254. vi. Elijah, b. Jan. 15, 1715; m. Hannah .

255. vii. Ruth, b. Dec. 5, 1718.
2.56. viii. Elisha, b, Oct. 5, 1722.

257. ix. Esther, b. July 11, 1726; m. Mar. 8, 1745, John White.

73. Timothy Whitney (John, John, John), b. Apr, 16, 1678; m. June 12, 1706,
Margaret Bacon.

Timothy Whitney went from Roxbury to Newton, and in 1728, for ;^615, pur-
chased a farm and buildings of John Prentice.

He d. ; res. Roxbury, Newton, and Warwick, Mass.

258. i. Sarah, b. Feb. 28, 1707; m. Apr. 18, 1729, William Pierce, the son

of Francis Pierce, and was b. May 1, 1708; d. Jan. 17, 1779.
With his wife he resided in Southboro, Hopkinton, and Sutton,
at which latter place he died and was buried on Leland Hill.
He was a native of Weston, and in 1758 purchased land of
Widow Sarah Hawding, of Boston, located in Hopkinton. Ch.:
Francis, b. July 18, 1729; m. Dec. 8, 1759, Lydia Ball; Ebenezer,
b. Apr. 4,1731; d. unm. 1753 (see Prob. Rec. at Camb.); William,
b. Dec. 31, 1741; m. Abigail Walker; Jonathan, b. June 10, 1736;
Sarah, b. Aug. 30, 1744; d. unm. in Mendon; Aaron, b. Aug. 15,
1746; Hannah, b. Aug. 30, 1731; m. Aug. 6, 1764, Isaac Greene;
Seth, b. Nov. 9, 1738. During the last years of William's life he
lived with his son Jonathan, who married Eunice Leathe for his
first wife. She was b. in Sutton, Mass., and died without issue.
His second wife was Mary Goodale, who was a sister of the

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 41

mother of Robert B. Thomas, the founder, and during his life
the publisher, of the "Farmers' Almanack." of which anybody
who was born m New England has heard. Jonathan Pierce was
a farmer, and when 41 years of age enlisted in the company of
Capt. Bngham in Col. Job. Cushing's regiment in the Revolu-
tionary army. Later he served in Capt. Andrew Elliott's com-
pany. Aiiiong the purchases he made of land in Sutton was
l^^r {\?^ Benjaniin Whitney, of Westboro. a near relative of
Eh Whitney, who was the brother of the great-great-grand-
'"•S^^u^°^^ ^^^ compiler of this work. Jonathan by his second
wife had thirteen children. He lived and died on the old place
and left the estate to his son Amos, who was b. Oct 13 1770- he
Jived on the old place in Sutton and married Annie Hicks and
had eight children; the youngest was Silas Austin, who married
Maria N. Smith, daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy (Forbush)
Smith, of Grafton They had four children and are the parents
Piellfe?"'^ *^^^ ^'^'"'^^ genealogy by Fred C.

o«n" '■• ?/^^^' ^- ^P""- 2. 1-11; m- Hannah Cheney.

260. III. Moses, b. June 20, 1714; m. Rebecca Hyde.

ifl- "'• Jf^SEi^H. b. Feb. 21, 1716; m. Mary Hastings.

lai ""• Timothy, b. Apr. 20, 1720; d. young.

266. VI. TiMOTH/, b. Apr. 30, 1721.

m Nm- 7^'^Jq"^''Mf "^ Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), b. Watertown Mar. 5, 1(375-
V ]'a ' oi^'^y, ^"^'"^°"= ^- Sept. 6, 1676; d. Dec. 31, 1740.
He d. Sept. 23, 1730; res. Watertown, Mass

264. I. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 23, 1696; ro. Mary Child.

265. II. Sarah, b. Mar 3 1698; m. prob. Aug. 3, 1726, Ephraim Rice of

Worcester; b. Sept. 26, 1693; res. in Worcester until 1742 Ch
Amos, b. Sept. 10 1727; m. Martha Hagar; Mercy, b. April li;
b. JunTb 1742"' ^""^'"^"^ Abigail, b. Mar. 28, 1732; Bathsheba,

266. iii. Amos, b. Apr. 19, 1701

l^n' k i-I = '?"']^ ^I""^'^^' ^'i^ ^^^^' ^^^ss. Ch.! Daniel, b.
J^"; Sl'i^' "V 1 '^1. Mary Bond (his son, Daniel, Jr., gr. Harvard
<^on Itbb a lawyer and senator of Petersham 1. Mr. Daniel
Bigelow d. Aug. 29 1776, in his 48th year of his age. A brother
of the distinguished Col. Timothy Bigelow and father of Daniel
±5igelow dd, who in 1776 formed connection with William
Stearns, Esq., in the publication of the Worcester Spv and
afterward studied law and practiced in Petersham. Daniel
•Bigelow 3d was at different times representative, senator, mem-
ber of the_ executive council, and countv attorney; David b

isTn 'in L™- ^^l^^ ,^^^°"' ^^^- I^a^'^ Bigelow d. May 10,'
1810; ae. ,9 W as a brother of Col. Timothy Bigelow. Resided
in the northeast part of Worcester, on the road now know as
Mountain street. Tavern keeper. Married for his f^rst wife, in
1^02, Sarah Eaton, and his second wife, whom he married in
1 .64, was Deborah Hey wood. Selectman, 1776-77-79-80-83-84
in bept., 1 / <5, he was chosen a member of a committee to inspect
the tories passing between Lancaster and Worcester or any other
way. Representativeto the General Court, 1777. Was a delec^ate
to a state convention assembled at Concord on the 14th of fulv
ef{eri\°nfX "^^^f ',^^ ^« ''.e'ieve the people from the disastrous
ettects of the great depreciation of the currency, and the high
Foienri,!^' necessaries of life. With Levi Lincoln, sen , and
ram^n. i "■ ^^^, ^^osen in 1779 a delegate to a convention for
trammg a constitution a son, Tyler, gr. Harvard Coll 1801

s?a?ded tViJ^'r-^''''}: \ ^'^ 2 years! Elijah, b. Mar 2, 1131.
scalded in 1740; Timothy, b. Aug. 2, 1739; m. Anna Andrews

(\Vh\fZ]n^^T''''V '°" °^ ^^"'^^ Bigelow and Elizabeth
(\\ hitney^Bigelow, who came to Worcester from Watertown
He was a descendant of John Bigelow, the emigrant, who was a

.42 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

son of Randall Bigelow, of Wrentham, county of Suffolk, Eng-
land. This John was in Watertown as early as 1636, and
married, 1642, Mary Warren, also born in England.

Col. Bigelow was one of the prime movers in the provincial
cause in the Revolutionary war, being associated with Warren,
Otis, and other leading spirits. In March, 1773, he was elected
a member of the local Committee of Correspondence, and con-
tinued a member until called into active service in April, 1775.
He was active in the organization of the American Political
Society in Dec, 1773, comprising the leading patriots of the
town, and meetings of the society were frequently held at his
house. He was an influential member of many revolutionary
committees. Was a delegate from this town at the first and
second sessions of the Provincial Congress in 1774 and 1776.

In the spring of 1775, Mr. Isaiah Thomas, the publisher of the
Massachusetts Spy, printed in Boston, was placed by the British
authorities on the list of suspicious persons, and his paper was
proscribed. Joseph Warren and Timothy Bigelow advised his
removal with his press and types to Worcester. Although an
affair of some difficulty and requiring great caution, Capt.
Bigelow undertook the task, and, selecting a dark night, he with
others succeeded in conveying the press and types to Barton's
Point, and ferrying them to Charlestown, and from thence
transporting them to Worcester to the basement of his own
house, where the press was set up ready for use.

He organized and commanded the company of minute men
which marched from Worcester on the alarm at Lexington, Apr.
19, 1775, and on the organization of the army at Cambridge was
appointed major in the regiment of which Jonathan Ward was
colonel. He took part in the ill-fated expedition against
Quebec in the fall of 1775, was taken prisoner and confined
nearly a year, when he was paroled and afterward exchanged,
and was soon in active service as Lieut.-Colonel. Feb. 8, 1777,
he received a commission as colonel, and was appointed to the
command of the 15th Massachusetts regiment in the Continental
army, then forming principally of men from Worcester county.
On the completion of the regimental organization, he marched
with his command to join the northern army under Gen. Schuy-
ler, arriving in season to assist in the capture of Burgoyne by
Gen. Gates at Saratoga. He was also in service in Rhode
Island, Verplanck's Point, Robinson's Farms, N. J., Peekskill,
Monmouth, Valley Forge, West Point, and Yorktown. At the
close of the war he was stationed for a time at West Point, and
afterward assigned to the command of the arsenal at Spring-
field. On relinquishing his military duties, he returned to
Worcester and engaged in his old occupation as a blacksmith.
In 1780, he with others obtained a grant of 23,040 acres of land
in Vermont, upon which he founded a town, giving it the name
of Montpelier, now the capital of the state. He is described as
having been a man of fine personal appearance, tall and erect,
and possessed of a martial bearing. He married Anna Andrews,
July 7, 1762.

In 1861 the remains of Col. Bigelow were exhumed, incased in
a metallic casket and placed in a receptacle beneath the base
of the monument erected by his great-grandson. Col. Timothy
Bigelow Lawrence, of Boston.

(See Lincoln's History of Worcester; Silence, b. Jan. 29,1742; m. Jonathan Glea-
son, of Worcester.)

Jonas, b. Dec, 1703.

James, b. Mar. 2, 1704.

Israel, b. abt. 1710; m. Hannah .

Susanna, bap. June 17, 1711; m. May 31,1736, Abraham Gregory,
b. Aug. 24, 1704. Ch.: Susanna, b. Oct. 13,1736; m.May 18, 1758,
Jonas Bowman; Elijah, b. Feb. 27, 1738; Abigail, b. June 1,1740;

268.

V.

269,

VI.

270.

vif

271.

vn.

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43

278.

ii.

279.

Ill

280.

IV

Ruth, b. Dec. 19, 1742; Mi)^-i,.. b. |une 29, 1745; d. June, 1746;

Patience, b. Apr. 4, 1747; mrMar. 19. 1742, Samuel Smith.
272. viii. Solomon, bap. June 17, 1711; m. Martha Fletcher.
278. ix. Samuel, bap. June 17, 1711; m. Elizabeth Hastings.

274. X. Ebenezer, bap. Apr. 25, 1714. He was a doctor; res. Worcester,

Mass. Died Jan. 23, 1743. His brother, Israel of Oxford, was
admr. of his estate. Inventory dated May, 1745.

275. xi. Joshua, b. Mar. 25, 1714; m. Mehitable Wilson.

276. xii. David, b. in 1716; m. Mehitable Parker.

80. William Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 6, 1683; m. May 17
1706, Martha Pierce, b. Dec. 24, 1681.

He d. Jan. 24, 1720; res. Weston, Mass.

277. i. William, b. Jan. 11, 1707; m. Hannah Harrington, Mrs. Mary

Pierce, Margaret Spring, and Mrs. Sarah Davis.

Judith, b. Nov. 15, 1708.

Amity, b. Oct. 6, 1712.

Martha, b. Apr. 4, 1716; m. in Sudbury, Feb. 26, 1734, Timothy
Mossman of S.; res. Ashburnham. He was b. in Sudbury, in
1710. His father, Timothy, Sr., was one of the original proprie-
tors of Dorchester, Canada, Ashburnham, Mass., and Timothy,
Jr., was an early settler there. In 1743 he built a house of
entertainment there and received £><0 of the j^lOO attempted to
be raised "and if there should be peace with France within
twelve months that the aforesaid Mossman to have the sum of
^40 old tenor." He was driven 'away from the town by fear of
the Indians, and his house stood a short distance south of the
common. The following is a copy of his petition in the 46th
vol. Mass. state archives:

The petition of Timothy Mossman, which humbly craves leave
to show that your petitioner lived in Dorchester, Canada, and was
drove off by the Indians from that town, and thereby I lossed
my House Moveables and Improvements, and being impover-
ished sold my land there. I was put in possession of the
pottashfarm by virtue of a Lease from Capt. Plaisteed, where I
did much labour in fencing improveing and makeing roads to
the value of two hundred pounds where also I met with great
sickness in my person & family and was further reduced by the
loss of the possession of the province land as it become profita-
ble.

Therefore I prav your Excellency and Honours from your
own goodness and humanity to compassionate my distress'd cir-
cumstances and forgive me the debt I owe the Province and
give me a small tract or tracts of province land that may be
found to lye betwixt Westminster and Leominster that is use-
less to the govern't or the sum of 200/ or equivolente in land,
and as in duty bound shall ever pray.

Timothy Moss.man.

In answer to this petition of Mr. Mossman the General Ct)urt
ordered June 12, 1764, " that the sum of twelve pounds, being a
debt due from the petitioner to the province, be remitted to him
in full answer to his petition."

In 1760 he resided in Princeton and was living on the pot-
ash farm in that town. Afterward he resided in Westminster
and d. Sept. 5. 1801, ae. 92.
281. V. Samuel, b. May 23, 1719; m. Abigail Fletcher.

81. Samuel Whitney (Nathaniel, John, John), bap. Weston, Mass., July 17,
1687; m. at Stratford, Conn., Jan. 18, 1721, Anne Laboree.

Samuel was the son of Nathaniel Whitney of Weston, for in the administrator's
account of his (the father's) estate he refers to him as "son of Stratford." Stephen Whit-
ney Phoenix, in his extensive genealogy of Henry Whitney, of Connecticut, and his
descendants, is in error in giving the descendants of Samuel and claiming that he

44 WHITNfeY GENEALOGY.

was of the Connecticut family. Samuel owned the covenant in the Congregational
church at Stratford July 7, 1723. His grave stone reads as follows:

Here lies buried

the Body of Mr.

Samuel Whitney
who Departed this
Life December ye

6, 1753 in ye 66th
year of his age.

His wife survived him, for in 1754 she had a life lease of certain premises of her son.
He d. Dec. 6, 1763, ae. 66; res. Stratford, Conn.

282. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1723; m. Nov. 6, 1746, Daniel Foote, b. there

July 26, 1717; res. Stratford and Newtown, Conn. He d. June
28, 1790, ae. 72. She d. Dec. 14, 1803, ae. 74. The family record
says she d. Nov. 2, 1794, ae, 73.
Mary, b. Nov. 19, 1725; m. Edward Osborne.

Samuel, b. Dec. 13, 1727; m. Hannah Judson and Martha .

Anne, b. Nov. 16, 1730.

89. John Whitney (Joseph, John, John), b. Watertown, July 29, 1680; m. Feb
22, 1703, Sarah Cutting, dau. of Zachariah, b. 1675.

He was one of the original grantees of land at Paris, Me., in 1735. His will is
dated Nov. 17, 1749, proved Dec. 15, 1760; owned property in Weston and Waltham.
He d. in 1760; res. Weston, Mass.

Isaac, b. Sept. 2, 1710; m. Elizabeth Gale.
Zachariah, b. Dec. 28, 1711; m. Sarah Boynton.
John, b. June 22, 1714.

Abraham, b. Aug. 8, 1716; m. Tabitha Allen.

Joseph, b. Oct. 2, 1719; m. prob. Mar. 11, 1743, Mary Child; b.
June 10, 1722; res. Waltham, Mass.

92. Benjamin Whitney (Joseph, John, John), b. Watertown, June 30, 1684; m
Mar. 1, 1709, Elizabeth Fiske, b." Jan. 20, 1685.

His will is dated June 14 and was proved Nov. 8, 1736. He d. Oct., 1736; res.
Watertown, Mass.

Joseph, b. Dec. 3, 1710; m. Mary Child.
Benja.min, b. Sept. 14, 1712; m.

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ii.

284.

111.

285.

iv.

286.

i.

287.

11.

288.

Ill

289.

IV,

290.

v.

291.

i.

292.

11.

293.

Ill

294.

IV

Samuel, b. Nov. 22, 1715; m. Mary Clark.

Elizabeth, b. Mar. 9, 1718; m. Nov. 26, 1747, William McCune,

of Weston. Ch.: Lydia, b. Oct., 1748; Isaac, b. May 31, 1750.

She prob. m. 2d, ; child. (See her bro. Samuel's will.)

96. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), bap. Watertown, July 10,

1698; m. Rebecca .

res. Watertown, Mass.

Mary, b. July 12, 1733.

Benjamin, b. Aug. 25, 1736. Did he go to Norwalk, Conn.?

Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1738.

Samuel, b. Apr. 7, 1742. Did he m. Lydia Prentice; b. Mar. 11,

1738; m. Jan. 16, 1765; he of W?
JosiAH.-b. June 17, 1746.
Henry, bap. Jan. 12, 1745.
Lydia, bap. Oct. 18, 1747.
Sarah, bap. Sept. 10, 1749.

Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, June 15, 1694; m.

Susan — '- ; m. 2d Oct. 6, 1737, Bethia Cutter; b. July 9, 1714 (see Cutter Gen., p.

77); m. 3d Nov. 28, 1764, Mrs. Beriah (Bemis) (Child) Pierce, wid. of Joseph Pierce,
formerly wid. of Daniel Child, and dau. of John Bemis; b. June 23, 1681. She d. in
Weston in 1768, and left her property to her children by Daniel Child.
He d. in 1776; res. Watertown, Mass.

303. i. Susanna, bap. May 31, 1730; m. John Dean.

304. ii. John, bap. Mar. 17, 1731; m. Mary Benjamin.

305. iii. Jonathan, bap. Apr. 30, 1732.

306. IV. Amos, bap. Nov. 10, 1734. Was he a rev. soldier from Barre,

Mass.?

Hed. -
296.

296.

11.

297.

111.

298.

IV.

299.

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300.

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307. V. Abraham, b. Dec. 7, 1736; m. Elizabeth Whitney (dau. of Joseph)

and Mary Mead.

308. vi. Moses, bap. Sept. 3, 1738.

309. vii. EzEKiEL, bap. Apr. 12, 1741; m. Catherine Draper and Catherine

Anson.

310. viii. Stephen, b. Apr. 23, 1743; ni. Relief Stearns.

311. ix. Aaron, bap. Apr. 12, 1746.

312. X. Ruth, bap. July 6, 1748; d. Apr. 5, 1751.

99. Ensign David Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, June 16,
1697; m. 1720, Rebecca Fillebrown, b. in Cambridge, Nov. 6, 1695, d. 1749.

He was one of the original proprietors of land at Paris, Me., in 1736.
He d. in 1745; res. Watertown and Waltham, Mass.

313. i. Rebecca, b. Nov. 2. 1721; m. July 18, 1745. Thomas Stowell,

b. Sept. 28, 1719, d. Jan. 11, 1755; res. Waltham. Ch.: Rebecca,
b. Sept. 9, 1746; m. Apr. 2, 1767, Abraham Child; David, b. Feb.
7, 1748; Elizabeth; b. June 14, 1752; m. 1774, Aaron Brown.

314. ii. David, b. Sept. 25, 1723; m. Mary Merriam.

315. iii. Anna, b. Aug. 8, 1725; m. June 4, 1752; Samuel Merriam, b. Dec.

21,1723; res. Lex. and Westminster, Mass. Ch.: Anna, b. Oct. 10,
1753; m. Warren and Harris; Eunice, b. June 22, 1755; m. John
Fessendon; Samuel, b. Mar. 25, 1757; m. Elizabeth Fessendon;
Ruth, bap. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Richard Graves; Tabitha, bap.
Dec. 28, 1760; Nathan, bap. Apr. 29, 1764; m. Abigail Holden;
Jonathan, bap. Feb. 22, 1767; m. Betsey Harris.

Nathan, b. Mar. 12, 1726; m. Tabitha Merriam.

Ruth, b. Feb. 23, 1728; d. Apr. 23, 1757.

Josiah, b. Nov. 22, 1730; m. Sarah Lawrence.

Jonas, b. June 25, 1733; m. Sarah Whittemore.

Jonathan, b. Feb. 10, 1735; d. Apr. 9, 1757.

100. Ensign Daniel Whitney (Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, July 17,
1700; m. Dorothy Tainter, dau. of Dea. Simon and Joanna (Stone) Tainter, b. 1706; d,
Aug. 7, 1788.

He was in the Revolutionary army, in the Watertown companv, commanded by
Capt. Barnard. Was selectman 1751-5'5-59-60-61-62. He d. about '1775; res. Water-
town, Mass.

^1. i. Benjamin, b. Apr. 12, 1723; m. Deliverance .

32U. ii. Abigail,!). June 5, 1725; m. Mar. 17, 1745, Edmund Fowle. He
wasa cordwainer; res. Watertown. (See Court Records, Dec. 10,
1752.) Ch.: Abigail, b. Nov. 11, 1745; m. Apr. 29, 1767, Joshua
Brown; Edmund, b. Dec. 31, 1747; m. Mary Cook; Mary, b.
Nov. 21, 1749; Dorothy, b. Jan. 27, 1752; m. Jonathan Brewer;
Ebenezer Smith, b. Mar. 25, 1754; m. Susan Jackson; John, b.
Feb. 1, 1756; m. Mary Cook; Lucy, b. Aug. 11, 1758; m. John
Meacham; Jeremiah, b. Dec. 17, 1760; m. Polly Caper; Samuel,
b. Dec. 18, 1762.

322. iii. Simon, b. Mar. 20, 1727; m. Marv Ruggles and Mary Seaver.

323. iv. Joanna, b. Sept. 20, 1729; m, Sept. 20, 1750, John Cooke, b. Mar. 31,

1724; res. Watertown. Ch.: Daniel, b. May 22, 1762; Daniel, b.
Mar. 26, 1764; m. Esther Cook; Mary, b. Apr. 27, 1756; m. Ed-
mund Fowle, Jr.; John, b. Sept. 12, 1757; m. Susanna ;

Lucy, b. Nov. 29, 1759; Israel, b. Oct. 21. 1761; Stephen.

324. V. Mary, b. Sept. 10,1731; m. June 10, 1762, Major John Wood-

bridge, b. July 24, 1732; m. in So. Hadley. He was captain in
the French and Indian war 8 vears and was major in the Rev.
war. Hed. of apoplexy Dec. 27. 1782. She d. Aug.. 1805. Ch.:
Dorothy, b. May 2. 1763; d. unm.; Lucy. b. Jan. 6, 1765; m.
James Doahe, Jr.; John, b. Julv 12.1769; d. unm. Dec. 2. 1836;
.Martha, b. Jan. 8, 1771; m. John Dunlop and d. July 12. 1830;
Rev. Benj. Ruggles. b. June 1, 1775; gr. Dart. 1796; settled in
Norwich, Conn., Huntington and So. Hadley ; d. unm. May 8, 1844.
Major John res. on the farm in So. Hadley, which was owned
by his father-in-law.

325. vi. Dorothy, b. May 31. 1733; m. Sept. 19, 1751, Nathaniel Coolidge.

He kept a public house from 1764 to 1770, on the south side of

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the river at Watertown Bridge, the first house. He d. bef,
1778. Ch.:Susanna, b. Dec. 17, 1752; m. Nov. 11,1773, Elkanah
Wales, of Braintree; Mary. b. Dec. 3, 1754; m. Sept. 3,1777,
William Hunt; gr. Harvard Coll. 1768, a lawyer of Wat.;
Daniel, b. May, 24, 1756; m. Elizabeth Fessenden; Nathaniel,
b May 4, 1760; m. Catherine Baldwin; Grace, b. Aug. 19,1763;
d. Dec. 5, 1769; Nathan, b. Dec. 6, 1766; m. Betsey Curtis (a son
Carlos gr. Mid. Coll. 1811, lawyer, state senator; res. Windsor,
Vt., Gov.,Vt.)

Daniel, b. Dec. 7, 1735; m. Mary Harrington.

Joshua, b. Apr. 3, 1737; m. Mary Clarke.

Henry, b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Hannah Tombs.

Israel, b. Aug. 6, 1741; m. Jemina Robbins.

Lydia, bap. 1743.

Grace, b. Oct. 22, 1746; m. Sept. 30, 1765, Josiah Biscoe, b. July 18,
1740. Shed. Apr. 30, 1773, and hem. Mary Mason ;res.Watertown.
Ch.: Daniel Whitney, b. Nov. 17. 1765; Grace, b. Oct. 2, 1767;
m. Apr. 21, 1796, William Winchester; Thomas, b. Aug. 31,
1769; Leonard, b. Mar. 29, 1773; res. Walpole, N. H.

332. xiii. Elisha, b. Feb. 27, 1747; m. Eunice Farley.

333. xiv. Lucy, b. June 30, 1749; m. May 22, 1766, Benjamin Dana, of Cam-

bridge, b. Apr. 6, 1741, son of William and Mary (Green) Dana.
The date of her death seems to be very uncertain, for her grave-
stone at Arlington (formerly W. Cambridge) gives the date as
follows: " Died at W. Cambridge, Dec. 11, 1814, aged 66," while
some family papers say Dec. 18, 1814, and the histories of
Watertown and Cambridge say, "Died Dec. 15, 1815, aged 65."
By her second marriage she did not have any children. By the
first marriage four children were born: William, Elisha Whit-
ney, Anne, and Jonathan.

102. Moses Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. 1690; m. Elizabeth ; m"

2d Nov. 20, 1766, Sarah Gary.

^ He madehis will, July 12, 1774; lodged for probate June 3, 1778. One shilling was
paid for recording his death, per adm. accounts. He made bequests in his will to
Abigail, wife of Ezra Farnsworth, of Groton (dau. of Ephraimand Mary (Whitney),
Pierce and Jemima Walker, of Charlestown, N. H. He d. May, 1778; res. Littleton
and Lunenburg, Mass.

334. i. Salmon, b. Jan. 8, 1712; m. Sarah .

335. ii. Aaron, b. Mar. 14, 1714; m. Alice Baker and Mrs. Ruth (Hubbard)

Stearns.

336. iii. Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1716; m. June 11,1734, Jonathan Wood, of Stow.

Ch.: John, Barnabas, and Mehitable, who m. Col. Ebenezer
Bridge, of Fitchburg.

337. iv. Barnabas, b. Jan. 22, 1721; prob. d. bef. 1778, not mentioned in

his father's will.

338. V. Ephraim, b. Mar. 1. 1723; m. Jane Bancroft.

3.39. vi. Bazaleel (or Beraleel, I, b. Nov. 29, 1726; same as Barnabas,

340. vii. Lydia, b. Lancaster; m. Dea. Samuel Taylor, of Templeton,

Mass.

341. viii. Mary, b. Lancaster; m. Feb. 22, 1753, John White, of Lancaster,

the son of Josiah and Abigail ( Whitcomb) White, b, Lancaster,
May 10, 1729; d. Canaan, Me., in 1820; res. Leominster and
F"itchburg, Mass. Ch.: Betsey, Lydia, m. Edward Hartwell and
moved to Me. in 1780, and John.

103. Abraham Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. May 29, 1692; m. Mary
Stone, dau. of Isaac, b. 1698; d. Oct. 7, 1766; m, 2d Elizabeth .

In 1749 he gave his son, Abraham, Jr., land given him by his father, Moses. His
will is dated May 13, 1768, and was published May 8, 1782. He d. May, 1782; res.
Stow, Mass.

342.; i. Jemima, b. Oct. 14, 1715; d. young.

343. ii. Kezia, b. Oct. 8, 1716; m. Hale.

344. iii. Ephraim, b. Apr. 6, 1723; d. young.

345. iv. Abraham, b. July 31, 1724; m. Marcy Perry.

346. V. Isaac, b. Jan. 24, 1726; d. Aug. 21, 1746.

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347. vi. Mary, b. Oct. 28, 1729; m. Nov. 22, 1748, Silas Jewell, Jr.,b. May

4, 1726.
They res. Stow. He d. Sept. 15, 1778, ae. 86-3-17 days, as per gravestone. Ch.:

Mercy, b. ; m. Furbush; Lucy, b. ; m. Whitcomb; Eunice, b. Nov. 28, 1754;

m. Ephraim Maynard; Ch.: Levi, Mary, Ephraini, Lydia, Luther, Calvin, Abigail,

Levica and Eunice. Mary, b. ; m. Abner Danton. Ch.: Susannah, Betsey, William,

Mollis, and others. Silas C, b. Sept. 9, 1751; d. Feb. 27, 1837.

104. Jonas Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Feb. 1, 1699; m. Jan.
19, 1723, Dorcas Wood; d. Feb. 22, 1725; m. 2d Mar. 12, 1726, Margaret Stratton.

His will is dated Dec. 12, 1769; inventory of estate made Oct. 15, 1770. He d.
Sept. 18, 1770; res. Stowe and Harvard, Mass.

348. i. Jonathan, b. ; prob. d. young.

349. ii. Dorcas, b. ; d. Feb. 22, 1725.

350. iii. Jonas, b. July 2, 1727; m. Zebudah Davis.

351. iv. Ephraim, b. Sept. 19, 1728; m. Marcy Winslow.

352. V. Timothy, b. Feb. 1, 1729; m. Alice Whitney.

353. vi. Moses, b. Oct. 17, 1733; m. Betty Hutchins.

354. vii. Ruth, b. Sept. 8, 1736; m. Feb. 19, 1776, Jonathan Adams.

355. viii. Aaron, b. July 2, 1740; m. Anna Lawrence and Sally Pollard.

356. ix. Margaret, b. Oct. 22, 1731; m. Jan. 22, 1756, Jonas Wheeler,

of Petersham.

105. Jason Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, 1704; m. Arabella ;

b. 1703; d. Sept. 28, 1785.

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Jason Whitney was one of the committee of four to seat the meeting house in
Grafton Nov. 15, 1738. He served in the Revolutionary army in the company from
Stow under Capt. Whitcomb. He d. in .Stow Feb. 19, 1785; res. Stow, Grafton,
and Stow, Mass.

Priscilla, b. Mar. 13, 1728.

Micah, b. Nov. 9, 1730.

Bl'lah, b. Dec. 7, 1732.

Lois, b. Mar. 2, 1735.

DiMMERAS, b. May 29, 1737.

Eunice, b. Aug. 5, 1739.

Sarah, b. June 8, 1741.

106. Le.muel Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. (youngest son as per

father's will) Aug. 1, 1714; m. ; Sibel ; d. prob. 1799.

1799, Abram Whitney, Jr., of Stow, land once of Sibel Whitney, late of Stow, de-
ceased, now m right of Isaac Whitney. Nabby Whitney a witness.

1798, Elias Whitney, of Stow, sells to Ab., Jr., all right in land set off to my
mother Sibel as estate of Lemuel, of Stow, deceased. Hezekiah Whitney a witness.
He d. Jan. 23, 1755; res. Stow, Mass.

Le.muel, b. June 16, 1735; d. Nov. 14, 1738.

Sibel, b. Jan. 14, 1736; d. Apr. 17, 1740.

Marcy, b. Mar. 10, 1742; d. Sept. 30, 1753.

Anna, b. June 4, 1745; d. Oct. 6, 1753.

Isaac, b. Mav 25, 1747; m. Lvdia Taylor.

Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1749; d. Oct. 7, 1753.

Elias, b. ; m. Rachel — .

Lemuel, b. 1738; m. Elizabeth .

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107. John Whitney (Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. in Lancaster May 20,
1724, Rebecca Whitney, of Stow. He was at this time of Lancaster. He resided in
Lancaster on territory which was subsequently annexed to Shirley in 1765. It was
at his house that the first town meeting was held, when the people took their first
step as a body politic. This was later purchased for a workhouse and almshouse.
It was used for that purpose for many years, but afterward became a private dwell-
ing. He d. ; res. Stow, Lancaster, and Shirley, Mass. The following petition

began the separation of Shirley from Groton:

To the inhabitants of the town of Groton, assembled in town meeting on the first
day of March, 1747, the petition of us, the subscribers, being all inhabitants of the
town of Groton aforesaid, hereby showeth that your petitioners all live in the extreme
parts of the town, and by that means are incapacitated to attend the public worship
constantly, either ourselves or families; and bemg sensible that our being set off in

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order for a precinct will be of great service to us, we desire that we may be set off
by the bounds following, viz: Beginning at the mouth of the Squannacook river, and
to run up said river till it comes to Townsend line, and then by Townsend and Lunen-
burg lines till it cometh to Groton southwest corner, and so by the south line of said
town until it cometh to Lancaster river, and then down said river till it cometh to
Harvard corner, and then about a mile on Harvard north line; then turn north and
run to the waste brook in Coicors (Cauicus or Nonacaiucus) farm, where people gen-
erally pass over, and from thence to the mouth of Squannacook river, where we first
began; and your petitioners, as bound in duty, shall ever pray, etc.

John Whitney & 32 others.
The prayer of the petitioners was granted, and Shirley was incorporated in
1753.

John, b. Mar. 20, 1725; m. Hannah Sawtell.
Sarah, b. Feb. 5, 1726-27.

Ezra, b. Aug. 24, 1731; m. .

BuLAH, b. Jan. 23, 1730.

Abner, b. Jan. 21, 1734; m. Sarah Hilton.

109. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass., in 1694;
m. Hannah Whitcomb, dau. of Josiah, of Lancaster, b. 1693; d. Nov. 17, 1743;
m. 2d int. Oct. 26, 1745, Mrs. Hannah Ayers, b. in 1704; d. Sept 27, 1775. In
her will she bequeathed property to her son Joseph Ayers, of Cambridge, dau,
Hannah Stacey, and son-in-law Daniel Whitney. He d. Apr. 27, 1775; res. Stow,
Mass.

377. i. Mary, b. Nov. 24, 1715; m. Gates.

378. ii. Dorothy, b. Apr. 13, 1718; m. Taylor.

379. iii. Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1720; m. Dorothy Goss.

380. iv. Hannah, b. Mav 29, 1723; m. Wetherbee.

381. V. Richard, b. Jul'y 31, 1725; m. Mary Perry.

382. vi. Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1728; m. (int.) Apr. 15, 1748, Joseph Wether-

bee; d. before 1775. Ch.: Jonathan, Joseph, and Jonas.

383. vii. Josiah, b. Oct. 12, 1731; m. Sarah Farr and Sarah Dwelly.

384. viii. Sarah, b. ; m. Dec. 23, 1769, Capt. Hezekiah Whitcomb, of

Harvard.

110. Dea. Jonathan Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow, Mass.,
Feb. 26, 1699; m. in Lancaster, Jan. 29, 1718, Alice Willard, b. Dec. 1699; d. Feb. 19,
1792. She was the daughter of Simon, who was born in Groton, Oct. 8, 1678, and
who married Mary Whitcomb. They resided in Lancaster when Alice was born.
The father died in 1706 and the widow married, Dec. 12 of the same same year,
Samuel Farnsworth. Alice owned the covenant and was baptized in Lancaster
July 20, 1718. At the time of his marriage Jonathan was styled captain. He was
one of the most prominent residents in Harvard; was captain of the military com-
pany, deacon in the church, and one of the first selectmen in Harvard.

He signed the covenant of the First Church in Harvard in 1733.
Lancaster May ye 20 1724.

4 they Receved a Report of a Committy sent out on the propozition of John
Warner John Darbey and Jonathan Whitney which was as followeth viz May the
Eighteenth 1724 we the Subscribers marked Severall Waies viz one Hiway Beginmg at
the Hiway neer to Caleb Sawyers barn and Ran as the markes directs to a white oak
a Corner of John W'arners Land: and do alow it to Run Twenty Rods along side of
John Warners Land: but .Samuell Warner appeered in said Meeting and made an
offer that if the Town would Lay out the said Hiway along by his Hous and Gabriell
Preists Hous through there Land that they to wit Grabiell Preist and Samuell Warner
would Give the Land free and would be at half the Charge of Makeing and Keeping
in Repare the way through there Land the Committey also Gave there voice that it
might be as servesable to the publick.

Two of the constables' lists for the year 1723 have by chance been preserved,
and one of them is that of Samuel Warner, who lived at Bare Hill. This may serve
as a census of polls for that year in the Lancastrian portion of Harvard, though
allowance must be made for a few who lived upon what is now Bolton soil. The list
contains sixty names, with a total assessment of ;^27]ls. 9d. for minister's rates, and
;^34 6s. lOd. for town rates; which was almost exactly one-third the total amount of
town's taxation in 1723. Among the names are Jonathan Whitney, John Whitney and
Isaiah Whitney.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 49

The associated secessionists from the three towns at once appealed to the Gen-
eral Court in a petition which is preserved only in such abstracts as were incor-
porated in town meeting warrants, and in a later plan of the lands petitioned for.
The petition was read in the House of Representatives July 2, and notice of a hear-
ing was ordered given to the towns concerned. August 7, 1730, the voters of Lan-
caster were warned to a town meeting:

* * * to show cause (if any the town have) by agents or otherwise
on ye second Tuesday of ye next session of ye General Court, why ye prayer of
a petition signed / Simon Stone Juner, Jonathan Whitney and Thomas Wheeler,
on behalfe of themselves (and as they say on behalfe and at ye desire of sun-
dery of ye Inhabitants of ye Towns of Lancaster, Stow and Groton) wherein they
prey that a Considerable part of ye Towns of sd Lancaster, Stow and Groton may
be incorporated into a Distinct and Seperate Township, should not be Granted.

The town voted that their representative "do oppose said petition on behalf
of ye Town," and appointed a committee to survey the part of Lancaster peti-
tioned for and to obtain all necessary information in regard to the numbers and
estate of the petitioners.

In Groton, at the town meeting August 17:

The Petition of Simon Stone Junr. Jont. Whitney and Thomas Wheeler, In
behalf of Theirselves & others Refering to a New town sjip to be made out of
ye towns of Lancaster Groton and Stow refered to ye Great & General Court at
their Session in June Last was Read Togather with the town's vote of March
Last Refering to the Said affair and some Debate had thereon. It appeared to
ye Town that if the Said Petition be Granted this town will be greatly hurt and
many of the Inhabitants much Damfnifyed and incomoded Therefore voted that
Benja. Prescott and Nathaneil Sawtell Esqs. together with ye Representative Mr.
John Longley be a Committee Jointly or Severally to make answer to the Said
Petition and use their best Endeavors That: No part of this Town on the West
Side of Nashua River; nor any more on the East Side of the said River than
what is Discribed In the Town vote above mentioned may be set off or annexed
to the town Petitioned for &c. Any former vote to ye Contrary Not with Stand-
ing.

In 1733 Jonathan Whitney was chosen deacon.

In 1750 the committee appointed for the purpose of seating the meeting house
reported Dea. Jonathan Whitney in the fore Seat below.

He d. Nov. 8, 1773;* res. Stow, Lancaster, and Harvard, Mass.
Oliver, b. July 22, 1731; m. Abigail Hutchins.
Calkb, b. Oct. 4, 1729; m. Annes Church.

Hezekiah, b. Apr. 14, 1735; m. Lydia and Lucy Pollard.

Simon, b. Mar. 20, 1719; m. Olive , and Patience Haseltine.

Jonathan, b. ; m. Sarah Holt.

Betsey, b. ; m. Mar. 5, 1740-1, Phinehas Wetherbee of

Stow.
Alice, b. Apr. 2, 1733; m. Timothy Whitney (see).
RuHAMAH, b. July 19, 1737; m. Abel Davis of Harvard. He was
son of Eleazer and Sarah ( Willard) Davis, and was b. Mar. 1, 1736.
Sarah, b. Sept. 10,1758; Ruhamah, b. Oct. 2, 1759; Eleazer, b.
Oct. 20, 1764; Eleazer, b. Aug. 6, 1766; Abel, b. June 30, 1768;
Sarah, b. July 31, 1770; Levi, b. Apr. 1, 1772; Joel, b. July 28,
1774; Moses, b. July 6, 1776; Alice, b. June 7, 1778, at Stow.

393. ix. Sarah, b. June 10, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1746.

394. X. Phinehas, b. Sept. 5, 1727.

111. Joshua Whitney (Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass., 1706 m. Zer-
viah ; res. Stow. Mass.

395. i. Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1733.

396. ii. Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1743.

397. iii. Caleb, b. May 23, 1749.

398. iv. Joshua, b. Aug. 27, 1747; m. Marcy .

117. Zachariah Whitney (Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. about 1708; m. at
Pomfret, Conn., July 30, 1730, Ruth Taylor. It is not learned where Zachariah
Whitney was born, but probably in some town in Massachusetts to which place

* Tombstone says he was 78 years of age.

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his parents removed prior to locating in Pomfret. In 1742 he withdrew from the
church there and at that time was one of the "Separists." He d. ; res. Pom-
fret, Conn.

Mary, b. June 25, 1731.

Zachariah, b. Oct. 27, 1732; m. Sarah Stanton.

Moses, b. June 27, 1735; d. Apr. 24, 1756.

Aaron, b. Nov. 1, 1737; m. Mary Peck.

Ephraim, b. Apr. 27, 1740.

Joseph, b. Nov. 5, 1743; m. Mary Lyon.

Benjamin, b. Nov. 5, 1743.

Ruth, b. Apr. 5, 1746.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 25, 1750; d. Mar. 11, 1756.

118. Ezekiel Whitney (Ebenezer, Richard^ John), b. ; m. at Pomfret,

Conn., July 18, 1728, Isabel Taylor; d. Apr. 15, 1731; m. 2d time July 22, 1731,
Sarah Farrah.

He was a farmer, was born and resided in Pomfret until after his marriage when
he moved to Plainfield, where he was living as early as March, 1734. He probably
moved elsewhere after 1742.

In the probate court at Plainfield Hester, Lydia and Major (minor children of
Ezekiel Whitney) appeal for guardian Feb. 12, 1751. Guardian appointed Feb. 12,
1751. Ezekiel Whitney, inventory of estate Feb. 12, 1751. Sarah Whitney, distribu-
tion to heirs Sept. 7, 1759.

He d. in 1751; res. Pomfret and Plainfield, Conn.

408. i. Ezekiel, b. Oct. 22, 1729, Pomfret; m. Elizabeth Knight, Deborah

Tryal, Desire Landers.

Ebenezer, b. Oct. 22, 1729; m. .

ISABELLE, b. Apr, 13, 1731.
Zerviah (dau), '.-. Mar. 15, 1732.
Hester, b. Plainfield, Mar. 6, 1734.
Lydia, b. May 2, 1737.
Aaron, b. Sept. 6, 1739; d. bef. 1751.
Moses, b. Sept. 10, 1742; d. bef. 1751.

120. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., July 17, 1681;
m. in Concord July 26, 1704, Mary Baker, of Concord.

May 19, 1719, in the old proprietor's book in Stow is the following relating to
division of lands: "Thomas Whitney joining to his half-moon meadow and Mr.
Googeii's land." Res. Stow, Mass.

416. i. Samuel, b. July 22, 1714; m. Grace .

417. ii. David, b. Oct. 4, 1722; m. Olive Sawyer and Mrs. Sarah (Wilder)

(Rugg) Hill.

418. iii. Joseph, b. 1716; m. Hannah (Sanborn) Chandler.

122. John Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., May 13, 1684; m.
Mar. 2, 17U9, there, Elizabeth Barnard, b. Oct. 29, 1684; d. prob. June, 1757.

When the grant of the township of Bolton was made it was "ordered that Mr.
John Whitney, a principal inhabitant of a new town, lately erected out of the town of
Lancaster, in the county of Worcester, be and hereby is fully authorized and
empowered to assemble the freeholders and other qualified voters there, as soon as
may be, in some convenient place in said town, in order for their choosing a town
clerk and all other town officers, to stand till the anniversary meeting of said town in
March next," 1738.

Her will is dated May 8, 1756, and was probated July 15, 1757.

He d. in 1757; res. Stow, Lancaster and Boston, Mass.

419. i. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Sept. 30, 1740, Jonathan Sawyer, Jr., in

Harvard.

420. ii. Sarah, b. Oct. 2, 1716; m. int. Jan. 18, 1737, Abraham Whitney

(see).

124. Benjamin Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Oct. 7, 1687; m. Feb. 7,
1710, Sarah Barrett, b. Nov. 28, 1692; d. Feb. 15, 1730; m. 2d, 1730, Abigail Bridge,
dau. of Matthew, b. Apr. 1, 1696; d. Aug. 1, 1767, in Boston.

He was one of the first of the family to settle in Boston, about 1737. His estate
was appraised at ^{^4,168. He first bought land in Marlboro, Nov. 2, 1710, 321 acres,
with house and barn, of Samuel Morse. In 1711 he was of Simon Mainard's garrison.

409.

ii.

410.

111.

411.

IV.

412.

v.

413.

vi.

414.

Vll.

415.

Vlll.

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He owned large tracts in Marlboro, partly inherited from John and Deborah Barrett.
In his will, dated Oct. 19, and proved Nov. 9, 1737, he speaks of himself as late of
Marlboro, now of Boston, and therein wills to his son, Solomon, his " Xarragansett
right" (Petersham), showing service in the Indian wars. He d. in Oct., 1787; res.
Marlborough and Boston, Mass.

421. i. Deborah, b. Nov. 7, 1711; m. Mar. 17, 1730, Joseph Wheeler; res.

Marlboro, Mass., b. Apr. 19, 1700. He d. Apr. 23, 1772, Ch.:
Sarah, b. Aug. 8, 1730; m. Jan. 9, 1752, Samuel Morris; Silas, b.
Oct. 23, 1732; m. Julv 27, 1758, Abigail Bowker; John, b. Feb.
23, 1734; Solomon, b.'Feb. 25, 1736; d. Nov. 26, 1773; David, b.
May 4, 1738; d. young; Joseph, b. June 14, 1740; Elizabeth, b.
Apr. 4, 1742; David, b. Dec. 8, 1744; Miriam, b. Dec. 4, 1746;
Dinah, b. Jan. 1, 1749; d. young; Dinah, b. Dec. 1, 1750; For-
tunatus, b. Apr. 29, 1754.

422. ii. . Barrett, b. Sept. 22, 1715; m. June 16, 1737, Elizabeth Allen; res.

in Boston, Mass.

423. iii. David, b. June 21, 1717; m. Mercy .

424. iv. Persis, b. Jan. 10, 1719; m. Nathan Goodale of Marlboro; b. June

10,1709; d. Jan. 14,1780. He died during the "hard winter,"
and such was the depth of the snow that his remains were drawn
to the graveyard on a hand-sled by men on rackets, though the
yard was several miles distant from his residence. Ch.: Nathan,
b. Mar. 14, 1737; m. Dmah Weeks; Timothv,b. Jan. 20, 1739; d.
Feb. 11, 1739; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 25, 1740; m. Josiah Winn; Sarah,
b. Aug. 15, 1742; m. Josiah Ward; res. Henniker, N. H.; Solo-
mon, b. Sept. 19, 1744; m. Mehitable Burnap and Persis Bailey;
res. Wardsboro, Vt.; Persis, b. Nov. 7, 1745; David , b. Aug. 14,
1749; res. Shrewsbury; Miriam, b. July 14, 1751; m. Elisha Allen;
Lucy, b. July 3, 1753; m. Otis Howe; Abner, b. Aug. 22, 1755; m.
Molly Howe; Timothy, b. Oct. 18, 1757; d. 1776 in the Revolu-
tionary army; Levina, b. Nov. 22, 1759; Job, b. Aug. 20, 1762; m.
1794, Lydia Foote; res. Bernardston. He was a judge of the old
Court of Sessions and prominent man in the county.

425. v. Solomon, b. Dec. 20, 1721; m. Elizabeth Smith.

426. vi. Sarah, b. July 13, 1723; m. 1745, Abraham Joslin; b. Apr. 30, 1704.

He had formerly m. Jemima Snow of Woburn, who d. July 3,
1745. Ch. by Sarah born in Marlboro, where they resided; Ben-
jamin, b. Julv 3, 1746; m. Persis Carlev; Wm., b. Oct 30, 1747; d.
1766; Submit', b. Mar. 10, 1749; Abraham, b. Mar. 24, 1751; Sarah,
b. Dec. 5. 1752; Dinah, b. Dec. 3, 1754; John, b. June 2, 1757;
Elizabeth, b. June 2, 1760; Henry, b. Oct. 23, 1762.

427. vii. Timothy, b. July 6, 1725; d. young.

428. viii. Dinah, b. July 12, 1727; m. Jan. 2, 17.56, Elijah Livermore, of

Boston. She died Sept. 30, 1759, having one daughter, Abigail,
who m. Rev. Elisha Scott Williams, gr. Yale 1775; 11 ch. Their
daughter, Sarah Potter Williams, b. 1782, gave his first lesson in
the spelling book to Dr. Henry Bond, the comjiiler of that
remarkable work, the Genealogies and History of Watertown.

429. ix. Job, b. Oct. 22, 1729; gr. Harvard College, 1758; d. unm. June 13,

1761. He was the second of the name to graduate at Harvard,
and died three years later. Every member of his class, except-
ing himself, was present at commencement to take the degree of
A. M., and it is the only class of which every surviving member
has been present in person to take the second degree. Before
graduating he "supplied ye desk" for several months on the
south side of the river (Brighton). At the time of his death, he
was about preaching as a candidate at Marblehead, to be col-
league with Rev. Johii Barnard. In his will, 1761, he mentions
his cousin, Silas Whitney.

430. X. Abigail, b. May 13, 1731 ; m. Samuel Austin; his second wife. She

d. s. p. He and his brother, Benjamin Austin, were of the
leading merchants of Boston, who first opposed the aggressions
of the Crown. She d. s. p., 1793.

431. xi. Benjamin, b. May 9, 1732; d. Mar. 22, 1751.

432. xii. George, b. Mar. 22, 1733; d. Dec. 26, 1751.

52 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

433. xiii. Samuel, b. Sept. 5, 1734; m. Abigail Cutler.

434. xiv. Ann, b. Oct. 23, 1736; m. Dec. 22, 1761, William Bowes, of Boston.

She d. s. p. Jan. 2, 1762. He was b. Dec. 3, 1734, and d. at London,
Eng., Apr., 1805; he m. for second wife Mary Stoddard, and had
several children.

125. Nathan Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Nov. 18, 1689; m. Nov. 18'

1719, Mary Holman, dau. of Jeremiah and Abigail.

He made his will in 1755, and it was proved in 1761.
The following is from the Probate Records at Cambridge, Mass.:
To the Honnarble Samuel Danforth Esq Sr this is to in form you Honner that I
Have lesed out my plas this yer for my support But my son Nathan who is excuter
with me on his Fathers will Hath melisted the man that Had the les stoped His teem
abused the man I will inform your Honner that I have not Bin well so that I have
Not acomplished my my Besness so as to com Down my self But I Hop to com
quick

Ps I am a por wido
an very Nevetus Her

Mary X Whitney
Mark
May ye 17th 1763
Mr Samuel Danforth Esq sr Sir as to the complaint my mother sent to you
Honour conserning my hindering ye man she had lessed her place fo the peace he
was to work on was in mine and as I had orders from your honour and ye superiur
court I think I had aright to hinder any man from improveing ye whole of ye Land
this year to keep me out of more then twenty pounds Lawfell and a nother year

Besides Sundery other Debts however Sir 1 must leve this to your honour

not as to my abuse to him I think I have as

much Cause to Come plain of their abuse to me for I Desired he would not go on till
their was some thing agreed on or some farther orders about it )ie said he would go
on afraul me and if I would not go off ye Land he would knock me Down and turned
the But of his stick & struck at me sundry times & mother & ye widow Azubah
Whitney Came Railing and thretning me and John warner still thretning to knock
me Down sprang and took up a stone I Beleve to ye value of three or four pounds
weight at Least and I sprang at him to prevent him from hurting me with it and he
Closed in with me and strove to fling me Down But I flang him Down and mother
and Azubah Cryed murder with all their mights and Came Reuling and threatning
me mother with apole at ye Least six or seven feete Long Crying you lode I will
knock your Brains out thus 1 was surrounded by these three and I told him I cauld
hold him as Long as I pleased and I would hold him till he would promiss to I to be
peacable and then he might Get up as soon as he would and I never struck nor
thretned to strike him or hurt him in any manner what soever and as to mother
haveing any thing to do as Executor on the will 1 would Desire your Honour to look
op the papers shee sent to your honour that is in ye Regesters office in ye will, and
it may perhaps give you satsfaction so Desiering truth and justice may take ptach in
all thmgs I subscribe your most humble servant

Nathan Whitney
He d. in 1761; res. Stow, Mass.

Nathan, b. Mar. 6, 1723; m. Tabitha Barnett.

Mary, b. June 4, 1727; m. Priest.

Jeremiah, b. Apr. 1, 1729; m. Elizabeth and Azabah .

Phebe, b. ; m. June 28, 1749, John Warner, Jr., of Harvard;

res. Harvard, Mass. Ch.: Abigail, b. Julv 4, 175U; Sarah, b.
June 7, 1753; Phebe, b. Feb. 18, 1754; Pers'is, b. Mar. 19, 17.S7;
Nabby, b. July 16, 1759; John, b. Mar. 16, 1762; David, b.
Nov. 3, 1766.

439. V. Eunice, b. ; m. May 29, 1751, Moses Warner, of Harvard.

131. Thomas Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. Jan. 28, 1699; m. July 1,

1720, Hannah Smith.

He was a farmer. The inventory of his estate was made May 8, 1748. He d. in
1748; res. Shrewsbury and Marlboro, Mass.

440. i. Eleazer, b. Nov. 30, 1720; d. 1738.

441. ii. Thomas, b. Sept. 2, 1722; m. Anna Gould.

442. iii. Hannah, b. July 17, 1724; m. Eben Sanderson.

443. iv. Nathan, b. Mar. 3, 1726.

435.

436.

437.

111.

438.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

53

444. V. Joshua, b. May 14, 1728.

445. vi. Susanna, b. May 17, 1729.

135. Eleazer Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. Apr. 15, 1702; m. Nov.
9, 1743, Mary Grow; d. .Sept. 4, 1761.

Eleazer was born in Watertown, and resided in that part of Marlboro subse-
quently incorporated as Westboro. The inventory of his estate was made Dec.
11, 1760. The estate was settled, according to Worcester Probate Records, Oct.
24, 1767. He d. Sept. 14, 1758; res. Marlboro and Westboro, Mass.

446.
447.
448.
449.
450.
451.

Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1744; m.

Harrington.

n.

V.
V.

vi.

Samuel, b. Dec. 2, 1746; m. Levinah Bigelow.
Deborah, b. Jan. 30, 1749; d. Sept. 10, 1750. •
Alexander, b. July 2, 1751; m. Lois Carroll.
Joshua, b. Apr. 26, 1754; m. Betty Wood.
Hannah, b. June, 1757.

136. Elnathan Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. May 5, 1705; m. in Rox-
bury Sept. 24, 1728, Sarah Perry, b. 1702; d. Oct. 22, 1756. He d. Apr. 18, 1759; res
Waltham, Mass.

Elnathan, b. Mar. 8, 1729; d. young.

John, b. Mar. 3, 1730; m. May 31, 1753, Mary Benjamin, b. Feb
16, 1734; res. Watertown, Mass.

Aaron, b. July 15, 1734; m. Margaret .

Samuel, b. June 16, 1736; d. young

452.
453.

1.
ii.

454.

455.
456.
457.

458.

in.

iv,

V.

vi.

vii.

459. viii.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 9, 1738; m. Abigail Brown.

Elnathan, b. Mar. 28, 1741; m. Lucy Allen.

Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1745. She prob. never m.; in 1766 she res. in

Uxbridge with her bro. Aaron, and at that time was single.
Samuel, b. Dec. 28, 1751.

137. Tames Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John), bap. June 1, 1708; m. Nov. 8'
1722, Mercy Flagg, b. May 13, 1702; res. Watertown, Mass.

Mercy, b. Sept. 5, 1723.
Abigail, b. Mar. 17, 1725.
Lydia, bap. Mar. 30, 1729.
Allen, b. Oct. 19, 1731; d. 1736.
Eunice, b. Mar. 3, 1734; d. 1736.
Eunice, b. Jan. 9, 1737; d. 1740.
Allen, b. May, 1740; d. Dec, 1740.

James, b. Oct. 26, 1743. He served as corporal in the Revolution-
ary war in a Marlborough company.

138. Jonas Whitney (Eleazer, Thomas, John),b. 1709; bap. July 14,1723, ae. 15;
m. in Roxbury May 8, 1735, Sarah Perry, both of Roxbury; res. Roxbury, Mass.

460.
461.

ii.

462.

iii.

463.

IV.

464.

V.

465.

VI.

466.

vii.

467.

viii.

468.
469.
470.
471.

•472.
473.

v.

vi.

Isaac, b. Apr. 11, 1736; d. Jan. 4, 1777.

Jacob, b. July 24, 1737; m. Rachel Whiting.

Jonas, b. Nov. 28, 1739.

Sarah, b. Feb. 26, 1741; m. 1775, NehemiahWard. She d. Sept.

28, 1824.

Abner, b. Nov. 17, 1744; m. .

Desire, b. Oct. 31, 1749; m. 1769, Edward Ward. She d. June

23, 1778.

140. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., June 1,
1700; m. 1730, in Harvard, Elizabeth Whitney. She lived to be 106 years of age. He
was born in Cambridge farms, Lexington, Mass., in 1700, and soon after marriage
moved to Harvard, where he purchased land of Caleb Sawyer on Bare Hill in 1722,
where he followed his trade, that of blacksmithing. He joined the Harvard church
in 1733, and his wife the following year He died intestate in 1737. The inventory
of his estate was made Sept. 5, 1737, by Jonathan Whitney and others.

A warrant calling a town-meeting on Monday, the eighteenth day of May, 1730,
discloses the ambition of the villagers at Bare Hill, an article in it being:

Also to Consider Conclude and act what may then be thought ])roper to be done
in Setting off a part of ye Town of Lancaster by meets and bounds or by allowing a
dividing line to be made, begining at the Southern end of ye Causey near to the
House of Samuel Wilson and Run West northwest to ve west line of Lancaster Old

54 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Township, or so much Land lying on ye northerly side of sd Causey as maybe Judged
soficient for to make a Township with that part of Stow and Groton whose inhab-
itants have agread and Covenanted with the petitioners:

Among the petitioners are Isaiah Whitney, John Whitney and Jonathan
Whitney.

He d. Aug. 9, 1737; res. Harvard, Mass.

474. i. Betty, b. Jan. 3, 1733; m. prob. Dec. 15, 1774, Thomas Atherton of

Bolton.

475. ii. Isaiah, b. Nov. 28, 1735; m. Persis Randall.

143. Dr. Elijah Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Lexington, Mass., Apr.
3, 1707; m. Dec. 8, 1736, Rebecca Winship, b. Dec. 7, 1717. She m. 2d in Harvard,
Jan. 25, 1764, Dea. Joshua Whitney, of Stow. Inventory of his estate was made Apr.
25,1755. The estate was divided Dec. 31, 1770.

He signed the first church covenant in 1733. The farm of Elijah Whitney was
located from land rights purchased before the incorporation of Harvard. His son
Israel succeeded to the homestead, and was followed by Luther and Luke. It is now
owned by Michael Sweeny. The first dwelling here probably stood in the orchard
opposite the present house. This property Elijah purchased of James Atherton. He
died Feb. 19, 1754; res. Harvard, Mass.

476. i. Mary, b. June 26, 1738; m. Mar. 17, 1759, Micah Stone in Har-

vard. He was b. Apr. 10, 1735; res. Harvard. Ch.: Solomon, b.
Mar. 22, 1761; Mary, b. Aug. 7, 1762; Micah, b. Aug. 13, 1764.

477. ii. Elias, b. June 11, 1740; d. Apr. 12, 1755.

478. iii. Rebecca, b. May 24, 1743; m. Sept. 19, 1759, Paul Whitcomb, of

Bolton.

479. iv. Lydia, b. May 7, 1746; m. Feb. 27, 1769, in Bolton, Phinehas War-

ner, of Harvard. He was b. July 27, 1740; res. Harvard. Ch.:
Rebecca, b. Dec. 24, 1769; Israel, b. Nov. 17, 1771; Ephraim, b,
Apr. 16, 1774; Lydia, b. Oct. 19, 1775; Aaron, b. Oct. 2, 1780.

Israel, b. Dec. 29, 1748; d. Jan. 9, 1749.

Israel, b. June 22, 1751; m. Hannah Mead.

Elijah, b. July 8, 1755 (Posthumous); m .

145. Jonas Whitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 27,
1711; m. .

He went with his brother Isaiah, Jr., from Lexington, Mass., Cambridge farms, to
Harvard, probably then called Stow (leg) and buying a farm of 200 acres or so, accord-
ing to tradition, which is supported by facts. He was a blacksmith and had a shop
on the old farm; later he went to the center of the town and set up business there on
his own account, and was there when the town was incorporated in 1732. He was
admitted to the church when it was organized and was a respected citizen. The
geography of Stow offers some difficulties to the correct understanding of records
and traditions. Some of the Whitneys moved from Stow to Harvard without leav-
ing their farms.

He signed the first church covenant in 1733.

146. Abraham W^hitney (Isaiah, Thomas, John), bap. Lexington, Mass.,
Feb. 19, 1710; m. Jan. 18, 1737, Sarah Whitney, of Lancaster, dau. of John and Eliza-
beth (Lee) b., Oct. 2, 1716, d. July 4, 1800.

Abraham Whitney's farm was directly north of Elijah's and was, like his,
chiefly from the James Atherton estate. Abraham Whitney senior bought lands
here of Joseph Kent in 1743, and built on the opposite side of the highway from the
house now owned by Thomas Mongovin, where traces of his dwelling can be seen.
The house, now the home of Cephas Bowers, was built by Abraham Whitney, Jr.,
in Revolutionary days.

In seating the meeting house in Harvard in 1766, Abraham Whitney was given the
second seat below. He d. May 19, 1784; res. Harvard, Mass.

■"" ■ Elizabeth, b. Mar. 22, 1739; d. Aug. 11, 1739.

Sarah, b. May 16, 1740; d. Dec. 26, 1746.

Elizabeth, b. Apr. 16, 1742.

Mary, b. Sept. 16, 1744.

John, b. Oct. 3, 1746; m. Sarah Atherton.

Abraham, b. Dec. 20, 1748; m. Rebecca Dudley.

Isaiah, b. Oct. 6, 1751 ; m. Sarah .

480.

v.

481.

vi.

482.

Vll.

483.

484.

11.

485.

ni.

486.

IV.

487.

V.

488.

vi.

489.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 55

490. viii. Elijah, b. Feb. 15, 1754; m. Sarah Stearnes.

491. ix. Ann, b. May 2, 1760.

151. Shadrach Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 12, 1698; m. Jan,
5, 1731, Mrs. Prudence Laurence, wid. of Thomas. She d. Dec. 25, 1762.

Shadrach Whitney, son of Jonathan Whitney, and brother of Amos, the giver of
the Townsend parsonage, was born in Watertown, in 1698. He was in Townsend
before it was chartered, in 1732. The Groton records contain his marriage: "Jan. 5,
1731-2, Shadrach Whitney, of ye North Town to Prudence Lawrence." He was
rather a prominent man, and served in several committees, ajipointed by the projjri-
etors, to lay out and apportion the undivided lands equally among them. He lived
in that part of the town, which was left in Mason, by the running of the Province
line. It appears that in 1753 he had "a house and barn, and about twenty acres
cleared and fenced, and a young orchard," in that town. He owned lands in Mason,
Townsend and Groton. In Aug., 1733, the Townsend proprietors held a meeting "at
ve publick meeting house," the principal object of which was "to see if ye said pro-
jirietors think it convenient to grant a recompense (to Ephraim Sawtell) for any land
which may be flowed by erecting a dam upon Squannacook river, near ye house of
John Patt in order to sett upp mills for the benefit of said Proprietors." A grant of
land was awarded to said Sawtell at that meeting. The following record in connec-
tion with that vote is here presented:

"The Subfcriberf whofe namef are underwritten (being diffatisfied with the
Vote of ye Proprietorf in granting an Equivolent for Landf which may be flowed of
afore Said) have Decented againft ye proceedingf of faid vote. Ebenezer Wyman,
Samuel Kendall, Amos Whitney, Jasher Wyman, Shadrach Whitney.

Atteft: Jasher Wyman, Proprietor's Clerk."

Some time in the latter part of his life he moved from Mason to Groton, where,
on the 20th of July, 1764, he made his will, which was proved, approved, and allowed
on the 14th of the following August. After making several bequests to relatives and
friends, he gave the town of Groton forty pounds, to be put upon interest "in such
a way and manner as they shall think fit, so that the interest thereof may be
improved and applied to the support of the ordained minister of the town of Groton,
from time to time, forever hereafter."

The Whitneys, from that time to the present, have been noted for their liberal
donations, both to religious and scientific objects. As in the flowage case cited, they
have always done their own thinking, and were always ready to place themselves
squarely on record.

He d. July, 1764, s. p. His will is dated July 20, and is proved Aug. 14, 1764.
Both are buried in the old burying ground in Groton; res. Townsend, Mass.

154. Zaccheus Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. in Sudbury Nov. 16,
1707; m. in Concord, May 23, 1734, Mary Wheeler.

In 1725, when but 18 years of age, with his brother Isaac he enlisted and served
in the Colonial militia, and took part in many of the skirmishes and battles with the
Indians. He was left in 1725 at the fort in Ossipee ("the river of the pines") by Capt.
John Lovewell. He was probably killed by the Indians. All the earlier historians
erroneously refer to him as " Zachariah of Concord."

His will was made in 1730; his brother, Shadrach, was executor. He was a glazier
by trade, and at his decease owned lands in Township No. 3, on the easterly side of
Conn river. He d. in 1739; res. Bedford, Mass.

492. i. Zaccheus, b. .

493. ii. Jonathan, b. 1736; m. Mary Wyman and Lucy Smith.

157. Timothy Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Feb. 20, 1709; m. May
24, 1738, Submit Parker. She m. 2d June 11, 1741, Reuben Woods, of Groton. He
d. 1740; res. Townsend and Groton, Mass.

494. i. Sybil Whitney, b. Mar. 31, 1739; m. Peter Gilson and Oliver

Lakin.

158. Daniel Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. 1710; m. Mar., 1739,
Thankful Allen, dau. of Elnathan and Mercy (Rice) Allen; b. Dec. 1, 1713, in Sudbury,
Mass.

He was born in Sudbury, but married his wife in Shrewsbury. He resided on
the Bannister farm in the north precinct. Was highway surveyor in 1760. Res.
Shrewsbury, Mass.

495. i. Levi, b. Dec. 5, 1739; m. Rebecca Clark and Mrs. Lydia (Randall)
Price.

496.

ii.

497.

111.

498.

IV.

56 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Timothy, b. Oct. 25, 1743; m. Catherine Davenport.

Daniel, b. Sept. 4, 1746; m. Catherine Stone.

Sarah, b. Sept. 9, 1749; m. Dec. 17, 1769, Nathan Bannister, of
Brookfield and Shrewsbury. He was the s. of Joseph, of Brook-
field, and res. in the s. w. part of now Boylston, on the farm that
was previously her father, Whitney's, where he d. Aug., 1^25, ae.
78. His wife d. June, 1817; ae. 68. Ch.: Joseph, b. Oct. 18, 1770;
m. Elizabeth Stone, and d. in N. J.; Thankful, b. Mar. 28, 1773;
m. Thos. H:>rlow; Nathan, b. Jan. 7, 1775; m. Sarah Champney;
rem. to Southboro; Daniel, b. Feb. 13, 1777; m. Anna Drury;
rem. to Gardner; Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1778; m. Annah Harlow;
Seth, b. Nov. 3, 1780; m. Mary Hastings; John, b. Sept. 23, 1783;
ni. Lucy Howe; Luke, b. Mar. 16, 1786; d. 1802; Mary, b. Sept.
29, 1788; m. Nathan R. Tilton; Emery, b. Sept. 29, 1791; m.
Lucy Drury and Melinda Drury.

160. Dea. James Whitney (John, Jonathan, John), b. in Framingham, Dec.
28, 1692; m. Feb. 2, 1715, Martha Rice, b. Sudbury, abt. 1692; m. 2d, 1732, Mrs.
Elizabeth (Holbrook) Twitchell, wid. of Joseph, Jr.,' of Sherborn, b. July 22, 1696;
d. Mar. 31, 1782. He was admitted to the church Sept. 22, 1717. They were dis-
missed to the Sherborn church Mar. 28, 1728, where he was chosen deacon and
died. He d. Apr. 10, 1770; res. Framingham and Sherborn, Mass.

499. i. John. b. Apr. 10, 1716; m. Feb. 8, 1738, Abigail Perry, of Sher-
born. He d. in Fram. in 1741; his will is dated Oct. 31, s. p.
He was a yeoman.
James, b. June 4, 1718; m. Patience Leland,
Mary, b. May 12, 1720.
Martha, b. Nov. 9, 1721.
Benjamin, b. Jan. 13, 1723; d. young.
Micah, b. June 4, 1725; m. Lydia Mason.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 23, 1727; m. Esther Leland.

Ezra, b. Feb. 22, 1730; m. Agnes Ross, Elizabeth , and

Mercy Morse.
507. ix. Daniel, b. Dec. 13, 1733; m. Miriam Leland.

165. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1698; m. in Weston, Feb. 28,
1725, Elizabeth Grant, of Concord; d. in Conn.; m. 2d, 1737, Mehitable Fuller. She
d. and he m. 3d, Feb., 1759, Lydia Ballard.

Josiah Whitney was born in Groton, and resided in the southwest part of
Chelmsford. This town was at one time next to Groton. In 1713 he resided in that
part of Chelmsford which was annexed to Littleton. At the death of his father, in

1718, he petitioned the probate court to have his uncle John, of Wrentham, formerly of
Sherborn, fuller, appointed his guardian. In 1727 he was one of the original mem-
bers of the church in Westford, having been a member of the first church in Chelms-
ford. In 1729 he moved to Willington, Conn., where he afterward res'ded. He pur-
chased his farm in the latter place of John Arnold, of Mansfield, Conn., for i^l55
N. E. currency. At this time he was called "Josiah Whittnie, of Cherfford (Chelms-
ford), in the Co. of Middlesex, in the province of the Massachusetts Bay." The
deed was dated June 27, 1729. He was living in Bolton, Conn., late in life.

Mehitable Fuller was the daughter of Thomas, and was b. at Xeedham, Mass.,
Apr. 20, 1720. Tohmas, the father, was b. at Dedham, Feb. 28, 1689; m. Mar. 26,

1719, Mehitable Herring, b. Oct. 18, 1797; d. at Willington, Conn., Oct. 17, 1754. He
was a weaver and resided at Needham until 1732, when he sold, Apr. 18, of that year,
his homestead of "forty acres of land near Natick upon a plain called Natick
Plain," and removed to Willington, Conn., where his brother. Rev. Daniel, was
settled over the Congregational church. He purchased a large estate at Willington,
a part of which was set off from Ashford. In his will, probated at Hartford, he
mentions sons, David and Solomon, and daughters, Mehitable Whitney, Esther and
Sarah. Probably Sarah was the widow of his son Thomas. The following from the
church records of Needham are of interest:

" Mar. 26, 1732. Daniel and Thomas, sons, and Mehitobel and Esther, daus. of
Thomas Fuller and Mehitobel, his wife, our sister baptized. June 4, 1732 Sister
Mehitobel Fuller was dismissed and recommended unto the Church of Christ in
Wilmington in Conn." ^

He d. June 26,1783; res. Chelmsford, Littleton, Westford, and \\ r'entham, Mass.,
and Willington and Bolton, Conn.

500.

ii.

501.

111.

602.

IV.

503.

V.

504.

VI.

505.

VII.

506.

Vlll.

608.

i.

509.

IV.

510.

11.

611.

111.

612.

V.

513.

VI.

614.

Vll.

515.

VIU

516.

IX.

517.

X.

618.

XI.

519.

XU.

520.

Xlll

521.

XIV,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 57

Elizabeth, bap. July 13, 1735.

Phinehas, bap. May 11, 1740.

Peter, b. Apr. 10, 1738; m. Mercy Case.

JosiAH. b. May 26, 1740. He was a soldier in the last French war,

and is said to have died in the service.
Thomas, b. May 7, 1742. Same as Josiah.
Miriam, b. May 31, 1744.
Esther, b. May 6, 1746.
Keziah, b. Aug. 24, 1749; d. infancy.
Keziah, b. Apr. 4, 1751.
Mehitable, b. July 3, 1755; prob. d. young.
LvDiA, b. Jan, 22, 1760; d. May 26, 1780.
Mehitable, b. July 6, 1761.
xiii. JosiAH, b. Nov. 16, 1764; m. Mary Loomis.
Sarah, b. Apr. 14, 1766; d. Nov. 1, 1782.

166. Jonathan Whitney (Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. 1704. He was the largest
:Subscriber to Prince's Chronology, 24 copies; inventory, ^^87-11-1,''^. He left wid.
(name not given.) His father died in 1718, when he was but 14 years of age, and he
made application to the probate court to have his uncle Benjamin appointed his
guardian. Ebenezer Mann was administrator of his estate in 1770. His estate was
settled in 1768. Left a widow, name not given. He d. 1768; res. Wrentham, Mass.

169. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. prob. in Chelmsford, Mass.,
1710; m. in Groton, Dec. 6, 1737, Abigail Nutting, b. Groton, Feb. 8, 1717.

He was probably born in Chelmsford and was of Groton when married, and may
have resided in that part of the town known as the second precinct, which in 1753
•was set off and incorporated under the name of Pepperell. His three first childrens
births are recorded in Groton. In 1740 his father, Joseph, of Chelmsford, deeded him
SL farm in Pepperell, which was in the family for over 100 years. Pepperell was set
off as a distinct parish from Groton in 1742, and called "Groton West Parish." The
first legal meeting of the inhabitants there was held on the 17th of January, of that
year. Joseph Whitney was elected one of the selectmen at that time. He kept a
public house and was called " Inholder." He d. Nov. 12, 1786, ae. 81; res. Groton
^nd Pepperell. Mass.

ABIGAIL, b. P. Aug. 16, 1740; m. Dec. 12, 175t», Zaccheus Farns-

worth, of P.
Benjamin, b. Oct. 27, 1741 ; m. Mary Turner, Rebecca Fitch, Olive

Farnsworth,and Anna Woods.
Lydia, b. P. Aug. 10, 1743; m. Sept. 2, 1766, Stephen Pierce.
Maria, b. May 30, 1746.
Sybil, b. Dec. 25, 1748; m. at Groton, Aug. 14, 1771, Stephen

Lund, of New Ipswich.
Rebecca, b. Mar. 6, 1750.
Joseph, b. June 26, 1753; d. Jan. 28, 1754.
Joseph, b. Oct. 20, 1755; m. Mary Woods.
James, b. Dec. 6, 1767; m. .

171. Ensign James Whitney (Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass., in
1714; m. Ellenor .

Ensign James Whitney's heirs, late of Dunstable, Mass., signed an agreement in
1772, as per record in the Middlesex county probate court, and those mentioned were
James and Benjamin, of IJunstable, Ellenor, who had married Francis Pollard, John
and Jonathan Whitney, of Jaffrey, N. H., Elizabeth, wife of Phineas Bennett, and
Lucy, wife of James Bancroft. James' estate was settled in 1757. He was called
*' Gentleman " and " Ensign." Joseph Whitney, of Pepperell, inholder, his " brother,"
was administrator.

Dunstable was originally a part of Groton; for fifty years was a frontier settle-
ment, and suffered much from incursions of the Indians.* In 1724 eleven men pur-
suing them were waylaid, and all except Josiah Farwell killed. In May, 1725, the
celebrated John Lovewell, with a company of forty-six volunteers, set out for the

*Froin the early settlement of New Hampshire, Dunstable was a very large territory, as most
towns were in those days; Dunstable embraced Nashiia, Tyngsborough, a part of the towns of
Groton, Townsend, Hollis, Brookline, Milford, Hudson, parts of Amherst, Merrimack, Litchfield,
and sections of ^ler towns in New Hampshire. The compiler of that book says: More romance
-of history clusters around this locality than attaches to most others in the state, filling with poetry
-the memory of those days of war's alarms.
5

622.

i.

623.

ii.

624.
625.
526.

iii.
iv.

V.

627.
628.
529.
530.

vi.
vii.
viii
ix.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

531.

682.

n.

533.

111.

584.

iv.

535.

V.

enemy. He came up with them at Fryeburg, Me., and all but ten of his men were
killed. The force or the Indians was broken and Paugus, their leader, slain. The
gallant Lovewell fell, and the survivors, after great suffering, found their way back
to the settlement.

About 1734 a party of men from Dunstable, Mass., went out on a hunting expe-
dition and fell into the hands of the Ind ans. One of the party, Whitney*, escaped,
though badly wounded. He was too weak to think of returning home alone through
the trackless and unpeopled forest, so he built himself a hut of logs, bark and
branches of trees, and there passed the winter, subsisting chiefly on roots and cran-
berries. In the spring another party went out to find and bury the dead, and came
to this hut which they supposed to be that of an Indian. As they approached they
saw something stir within it. One of the party, Timothy Reed, discharged his mus-
ket, and to his inexpressible horror found that he had killed one of his neighbors.
His sorrow followed him to the grave. Whitney was just preparing to return home,
having survived his wounds and all the perils and hardships of a winter in the wil-
derness. [Hist, Dunstable, Mass., p. 57, and Dunstable, N. H., p. 184.]

The two histories above cited do not give Whitney's christian name. The tradi-
tion in the family is that local histories give some facts of the shooting, and that it
occurred on the shore of a lake in Maine, which is to this day called Whitney's Pond.
The History of Temple, N. H., says: " Mr. W^hitney went from Dunstable to the
Saco river just before Quebec was taken by the English. He was killed by Indians
and buried at Temple, N. H."

He d. 1755; res. Dunstable, Mass. and N. H.

Ellenor, b. July 2o, 1740; m. Francis Pollard, of Dunstable, N. H.
James, b. Nov. 4, 1742; m. Sarah Lund.
John, b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Mary Jones.
Jonathan, b. Aug. 15, 1745; m. Abigail Hemenway.
Elizabeth, b. May 21, 1748; m. Phinehas Bennett, of Cocker-
mouth, Cheshire Co., N. H.; res. Rindge, N. H. They had a son

James. (Did Elizabeth m. H. Butterick.)

586. vi. Lucy, b. Jan. 5, 1755; m. James Bancroft, of Packersfield, N. H.;
res. Rockingham, Vt.

174. W^iLLiAM Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., May 5,
1701; m. at Killingly, Conn., July 16, 1728, Mary Whittemore.

He was born in Groton, Mass., and removed to Connecticut with his parents when
quite young. Settling in Killingly he resided there until after his marriage, when he
moved to Canaan, not far from 1753. He was a cooper by trade, but followed farm-
ing nearly all the latter part of his life. While residing in Killingly, in 1728, he was
elected a member of first board of surveyors. Res. Killingly and Canaan, Conn.

687. i. William, b. Feb. 5, 1725; m. Arcoucher Dutcher and Jane »

638. ii. Tho.mas, b. Feb. 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth Boardman.

639. iii. Abigail, b. July 4, 1741.

176. Joshua Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., Nov. 1, 1714;
m., Plainfield, to Amy Blodgett. He d. ; res. Plainfield, Conn.

540. i. Joshua, b. Mar. 26, 1750; m. Sally Cochran.

541. ii. Benjamin, b. Oct. 1755; m. Sarah Bassett.

542. iii. Probably others.

177. Dea. John Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. prob. in Groton, Jan. 30,
1717-18; m. Elizabeth ; b. in 1719; d. May 14, 1790.

He was probably born in Groton, Mass., though his will is recorded at Plainfield,
Conn., to which place his parents had removed when he was quite small. After his
marriage he moved to Canaan, where he was a prominent citizen and farmer. He
was a leading member of the Congregational church, and for some years, until his
death, was deacon of the same. He was buried in South Canaan, and his estate was
settled Jan. 8, 1794, by agreement of his four children. He d. Nov. 18, 1793; res.
Canaan, Conn.

Elijah, b. ; m. Cloe Beckley.

John, b. in 1754; m. .

Betsey, b. ; m. Azariah Smith; res. C.

Ruby, b. ; m. Solomon Hunt; res. C.

*At this time he resided in Trbat is now the southerly part of Nashua, near Long Hill.

643.

i.

644.

11.

646.

Ill

646.

IV

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

59

179. Caleb Whitney (William, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Sept. 10,

1721; m. Margaret . He d. ; res. Norwich and Middletown, Conn., and

Pottsville, Pa.

647.
548.

549.
550.

1.

ii.

HI.

iv.

551.
552.
553.

V.

vi.
vii.

Lebbeus, b. Aug. 21, 1745; m. Mary Ann .

WiLLiAM.b. Aug. 8, 1747. In 1815 he was residing near Albany,

N. Y.
Margaret, b. Feb. 22, 1750.
Jedediah, b. Nov. 13, 1751. He was a goldsmith and killed in

battle Aug. 23, 1778. In a small volume of the Children's Bible,

pub. London, 1759, the property of Edith M. DeLorne, of

Sumter, S. C, is the followmg:

" Peggy Whitney, her Bible, given her by her grandfather, Caleb

Whitney, and grandmother, Margaret Whitney, July 29, 1783.
■ This book we gave to our son Jedediah, who was slain in battle,

Aug. 28, 1783, a goldsmith by trade, in the 25th year of his age."
Mary, b. Oct. 12, 1753; d. May 13, 1779.
John Merrick, b. July 18, 1758; m.-

James Rex, b. Oct. 16, 1760; m. Mary Allen.

182. Matthias Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Groton, Mass., May 26,
1720; m. Alice

He d. in K.; res. Killingly, Conn.
5.54. i. Mary, b. Apr. 19, 1743.
655. ii. Asa, b. Feb. 19, 1745; res. Winsor Co., Conn.

556. lii. Matthias, b. Feb. 22, 1746; m. \'aughn; res. Hancock,

Mass., and Fort Avon, N. Y.
Cornelius, b. July 5, 1749; m. — Graves and Elizabeth May.

557.
558.
659.
560.
561.
662.
663.

IV.
V.

vi.

vii.

viii.

ix.

X.

Joshua, b. Nov. 23, 1751; m. Lydia Bu Day.

Alice, b. Mar. 20, 1753; m. Noah Day, and res. in Granville, N. Y.

David, b. May 3, 1764; m. Olive Day and Mary Glassford,

Samuel, b. Jan. 2, 1757; m. Tabitha Warren.

John, b. Mar. 27, 1759.

Jonathan, b. Nov. 28, 1761.

184. Joshua Whitney (Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn., Dec. 1,

1724; m.

564.
565.
566.
567.

568.
569.
570.

1.

V.
V.

vi.
vii.

He d. in 1814; res. Killingly, Conn., and Hancock, Mass.
Cornelius, b. in 1761; m. Sarah Cody.
Joseph, b. in 1753; m. Anna Eames.

Matthias, b. Apr. 19, 1757; m. Dorcas and Olive .

Isaac, b. — ; m. and had 4 ch.: Rosa, Isaac, Phebe, and

David.

RuFUS, b. ; m. Sarah Graves.

Joshua, b. in 1769; m. Phebe Parker.
Joanna, b. .

188. David Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Sept. 16, 1716; m. in Canaan,.
Conn., Sept. 23, 1739, Mary Gunn.

He was born in Canaan and at his father's death was given property. Moving
to New Haven in 1756 he resided there until 1762, and perhaps afterward. His ear
mark for domestic animals was recorded there Oct. 25, 1757. He died in Vermont.
David Whitney of Canaan, Conn., who was brother of Solomon Whitney, was.
proprietor of Poultney, \'t., and both were proprietors clerks of meetings held in
1761. [See History of'Poultney.]

res. Canaan and New Haven, Conn., and Poultney, Vt.

Mary, b. July 16, 1740.

Easter, b. Mar. 5, 1743.

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1746.

Sarah, b. Apr. 30, 1748; m. Mar 7, 1773, Joel Holcomb, Jr. ^

jACOB,b. Apr. 13, 1750. ■

KEZiA,b. Feb. 21, 1752.

Lois, b. Dec. 25, 1756.

Emelia, b. Feb. 18, 1759.

Cloise, b. Feb. 18, 17.59.

David, b. Nov. 22, 1762.

189. Joshua Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Oct. 11,
1718; m. Apr. 8, 1743, Ann Blodgett. She m. 2d. Capt. Isaac Laurence, who d.

Hed. -
571.

572.

ii.

673.

HI.

574.

IV.

576.

V.

676.

VI.

577.

vii.

578.

vni.

579.

IX.

680.

X.

60 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Dec. 2, 1793; she then m. 3d, George Palmer, of Stillwater, N. Y., and d. at
Canaan, Conn., in 1819, ae. 96. "Joshua Whitney, Esq., died of ye smallpox."

He was born in Groton, Mass., and removed to Plainfield, Conn., with his
parents, where he resided until his removal to Preston, Conn. The tradition in
the family is that he was a soldier in the French and Indian war, and that about
1769 he was killed by Indians near Oswego, N. Y. Feb. 17, 1759, he was dead, for
at that time his son Joshua chose Col. David Whitney, of Canaan, as his guardian.
He d. Feb. 10, 1761; res. Preston, Conn.

581. i. Abigail, b. ; m. Sept. 10, 1757, Eliphalet Jewell, of Salis-

bury.

582. ii. Mary, b. ; m. May 7, 1767, Lemuel Kingsbury, of Canaan;

son Joshua b. Feb. 13, 1768.

583. iii. Joshua, b. Jan. 16, 1745; m. Anna Ashley.

584. iv. Asa, b. in 1743; m. Sarah and Hepsabeth Watrous.

585. V. JosiAH, b. ; m. and Susannah Hinds.

586. vi. David, b. in 1755; m. , , and 3d, Eliza Wilson.

587. vii. Amey, b, ; she m. and left des. in Canaan, Conn. One of

her gr. daus. m. — Bronson; res E. Canaan, Corm.

588. viii. Huldah, b. .

194. Rev. Josiah Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., Aug.
11,1731; m. Sept. 1, 1756, Lois Breck, b. Dec. 11, 1738; d. Oct. 27, 1789. She was dau.
of Rev. Robert, who gr. H. C. 1730; m. M., Oct. 25, 1791, Mrs. Anna Chandler, of
Woodstock (widow of Samuel), who was b. there Dec. 5, 1738, and d. of apoplexy
Feb, 2, IbOl.

He was born in Plainfield, Conn., where he was educated at the public schools
and fitted for college; was graduated at Yale College in the class of 1752, and later
studied for the ministry. In 1756 he was called to the Congregational church in
Brooklyn, Conn. The call was unanimous, and the church also unanimously concurred
in it. His letter of acceptance of the Pomfret pastorate was as follows:

To the Society of Brooklyn, in Pomfret, Gentlemen: Whereas, on the 17th of
Nov. last you proceeded to give me a call to settle in the work of the gospel ministry
with you, and proposed ^120, lawful money, for a settlement, and £Gb, lawful money,
for a salary, 1 do now hereby accept said proposal, and may the Lord bless us, and
lead us in the way everlasting. Josiah Whitney.

Brooklyn, Jan. 7, 1756.

He continued in this, his only pastorate, for sixty-foui years. In 1802 Harvard
University conferred the degree of D. D. upon him. Feb. oth of that year he cele-
brated the fiftieth anniversary of his settlement; at that time only three of the original
members of 1756 were living; 447 had been added to the church during his ministry,
and 718 were baptized.

Mr. Whitney through all his long pastorate held his place in the affection of his
people and the esteem of all. Though moderate in his doctrinal views and opposed
to the High Galvanism then coming into fashion, he engaged the respect and con-
fidence of his brethren in the ministry and maintained strict church and family
discipline. He commenced his pastorate with the affectionate regard of the fathers,
and their continued friendship, their cordial and candid acceptance of his labors and
repeated kindness had continued to make the relation happy.

In his 94th year he was still erect and vigorous; his eye was not dimmed nor his
natural force abated. With flowing wig and antique garb he was often seen on the
street. His face beamed with animated expression, and his playful sallies were tem-
pered with Christian dignity. As he entered the house of God the congregation rose
to receive him and remained standing in reverential attitude till he had taken his
seat.

« fatal illness seized him in Sept., 1824, and he passed peacefully away,
e d. Sept. 13, 1824; res. Pomfret and Brooklyn, Conn.

Robert Breck, b. Sept. 15, 1757; d. sore throat Dec. 21, 1763.
Eunice, b. Jan. 22, 1759; d. Sept. 15. 1762.
George, b. Dec. 9, 1760; d. of smallpox Feb. 18, 1782.
David, b. Oct. 15, 1762; d. of smallpox Mar. 16, 1782.
Robert Breck, b. June 18, 1764; d. of consumption Dec. 1, 1785.
He was a composer and teacher of music.
594. vi. Eunice, b. Mar. 28, 1766; m. Backus. She d. Mar. 11, 1824.

589.

590.

!!•

591.

HI.

592.

IV.

693.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 61

595. vii. Lois, b. Mar. 9, 1768 ; m. Baker. She d. at Watertown, N. Y.,

Oct. 29, 1856. She had a son, Josiah B., whose son, Rev. Geo.
B., was pastor of a Pres. ch. at Detroit, Mich., in 1874.

596. viii. Abigail, b. June 10, 1772; m. Apr. 5, 1792, Benjamin Wood, of

Brooklyn; rem. to Litchfield, N. Y., where she d. Apr. 29, 1856.

597. ix. Sophia, b. July 28, 1774; d. July 27, 1816.

598. X. Patty, b. Dec.2, 1779; m. Carey, res. Richfield, N. Y. A son,

Edwin, res. Sauquoit, N. Y.

599. xi. Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1770.

195. SOLO.MON Whitney (David, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield, Conn., about 1733.'
m. at Canaan, Conn., Nov. 27, 1755, Sarah ; d. Apr. 15, 1782.

Solomon Whitney was born, probably in Plainfield, Conn., in 1733. With his
parents he moved to Canaan, where he ever after resided. His wife was of Canaan,
and he lived but seventeen years after marriage. He was interested in the purchase
of lands in Vermont in 1761, and that year was proprietors' clerk of the new town of
Poultney, Vt. His sons resided for a time on this property in Vermont. Samuel and
Tarlaall removed, but Solomon, Jr., always resided upon it. In 1772 his widow Sarah
was appointed guardian of his three children, and his estate was insolvent. She evi-
dently married a second time after the death of Solomon, for in the family record
now in possession of the descendants, it says, "S. S. Roberts, stepfather of Tar-
ball Whitney," died May 18, 1782. " Sarah Roberts died Apr. 15, 1782." He d. July
29, 1772; res. Canaan, Conn.

600. i. Sarah, b. Jan. 18, 1757; m. Pierce.

601. ii, Samuel, b. June 6, 1759; m. .

602. iii. Tarball, b. June 30, 1763; m. Mrs. Lois (Lawrence) Hopkins.

603. iv. Solomon, b. Nov. 15, 1766; m. Polly Marshall.

197. Dea. Samuel Whitney (John, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me.; m. Lydia
He was born in York, Me., but early settled in Brunswick, Me. In 1754,

604.

605.

606.

ni.

607.

IV.

608.

v.

during the time of the French and Indian war, while engaged in hoeing corn in a
field with his son Samuel, Jr., they were surprised by the Indians, and before they
could reach their guns, which were stacked near by, were taken prisoners. The
father was scalped and the prisoners with others taken to Canada and held for 126
livres. The father died after three weeks of suffering, and the son after seven years
of imprisonment managed to escape and return to Maine; res. York and Bruns-
wick, Me.

Samuel, b. Sept. 15, 1732; m. Mary .

Jonathan, b. Dec. 21, 1734; m. Mary Austin.

Lydia, b. Feb. 20, 1735.

Susannah, b. July 25, 1738.

Lettis, b. June 27, 1742.

198. Benjamin Whitney (John, Benjamin, John), b. May 22, 1725; m*
Mercy Hinckley, b. Oct. 23, 1734; d. Nov. 13, 1814. He was born in York, Me., and
settled in Little River, Lisbon, Me. He was part owner of the first grist mill there,
and during his lifetime was the miller. He served in the Revolutionary war.
The Benjamin Whitney mentioned above, son of John and Lettis, settled at Little
River, now Lisbon Falls. His wife was Mercy Hinckley. I have three accounts of
this couple. One copied from a printed town history gives the births and deaths:
Benjamin, b. May 22, 1725; d. Nov. 8, 1797; Mercy H., b. Oct. 23, 1734; d. Nov. 13,
1814. The town clerk at Lisbon Falls, Benjamin's birth (copied) June 2, 1727, but
Mr. Jacob Whitney, of Lisbon, Me., wrote in 1882, as follows: "There were three
brothers who came to Brunswick, Me.; one went into the eastern part of the state; one
settled in Gorham, Me., and the third remained at Brunswick, at a place called New
Meadows. This last one had a son named Benjamin, my ancestor." He was born
in 1725, and married Mercy Hinkley, of Brunswick. They moved to Lisbon and had
eleven children, as follows: Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rachel, Jacob, Benjamin, Isabel,
Nathan, Joseph, Samuel, and Thankful. Samuel, Thankful, Abraham, Isaac, and
Sarah all remained in Lisbon; Jacob, Joseph, Rachel, and Isabel settled in Phillips,
Me.; Nathan in Augusta, and Benjamin in Bowdoin. Joseph afterward moved to Ohio.
He d. Nov. 8, 1797; res. Lisbon, Me.

604a. i, Abraham, b. in 1752; m. Aphia Coombs.

605a. ii. Isaac, b. ; settled at Little River.

606a. iii. Jacob, b. June 11, 1763; m. Hannah Mills.

607a. iv. Nathan, b. about 1768; m. Sarah Godfrey and Fanny Shephard.

62 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

608a. V. Benjamin, b. ; settled in Bowdoin, Me.

609. vi. Joseph, b. ; m. ; res. in Phillips, Me.

610. vii. Samuel, b. in 1774; m, Lydia Curit.

611. viii. Sarah, b. .

612. ix. Rebecca, b.

613. X. Rachel, b. ; res. Phillips, Me.

614. xi. Thankful, b. .

615. xii. Isabel, b. ; res. Phillips, Me.

206. Elder Naham Whitney (N'athaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Jan.
10, 1706; m. Nov. 12, 1730,* Lydia Young, dau. of Matthews, who d. in 1751. He was
a prominent and influential citizen, and was called Elder Whitney; res. York, Me.

207. Elder Nathaniel or Nathan Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John),
b. York, Me., Dec. 12, 1709; m. Molly Day. He was a native of York, Me., and one
of the first settlers m Gorham. Was an elder in the church and a prominent and
influential citizen, and much employed in town affairs, and a leader in religious mat-
ters. He was many times on important committees in the Revolutionary days. He
was a man of unquestioned integrity. Abel and Nathaniel Whitney witnessed will
of Elias Perry, at York, in 1735. He d. in 1804; res. York and Gorham, Me.

616. i. Moses, b. 1739; m. Molly Page and Abigail .

617. ii. Nathan, b. .

618. iii. JosiAH, b. ; m. Hannah Barstow.

619. iv. Aaron, b. .

620. V. Asa, b. Dec, 1754; m. Flora and Phebe Hopkins.

621. vi. Abel, b. ; m. Thankful Morton.

208. Abel Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., July 23, 1712;
m. Nov. 28, 1735, Mary Cane, dau. of Nicholas; res. York, Gorham and Standish, Me.

622. i. Joanna, b. Oct. 10, 1736.

623. ii. Moses, b. Feb. 17, 1737.

624. iii. Joseph, b. Mar. 1, 1739.

625. iv. Daniel, b. Sept. 7, 1741; d. before 1754.

626. v. Joel, b. Mav 21, 1748; m. Mary Weston.

627. vi. Mary, b. Oct. 5, 1744.

628. vii. Lydia, b. July 31, 1746.

629. viii. Zebulon, b. Nov. 27, 1747; m. Joanna Stone.

630. ix. Joanna, b. Sept. 27, 1749.

631. X. Naphthali, b. Feb. 10, 1750.

632. xi. Micha, b. Dec. 11, 1752; m. Hannah Cobb.

633. xii. Daniel, b. Sept. 26, 1754; m. .

634. xiii. Paul, b. June 30, 1756. He enlisted in the Rev. army from Gor-

ham, and was killed in battle in Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778.

210. Isaac Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Mar. 9, 1720;
m. Feb. 25, 1743, Sarah Crosby, dau. of Dr. Crosby; m. 2d. ; m. 3d.

He was born in York, where he resided until 1752, when he purchased a house
and lot in Saco. In 1775 he was living m Buxton, Me., but died at the house of his
son Henry, in Freeport, in 1800, aged 80. He married three times. He d. 1800; res.
York, Saco, and Buxton, Me.

635. i. Lucy, b. July 31, 1745.

636. ii. Phinehas, b. June 5, 1747.

637. iii. Isaac, b. Dec. 28, 1748; m. Mary Crockett.

638. iv. Hannah, b. Nov. 28, 1750.

689. V. Stephen, b. Mar. 19, 1755; m. Patty Irish.

640. vi. Jonathan, b. Feb. 9, 1757.

641. vii. Timothy, b. .

642. viii. Barnabas, b. Aug. 18, 1766; m. Sarah Walker.

643. ix. James, b. .

644. X. Mary, b. .

645. xi. Henry, b. ; m. Abigail Walker.

211. Amos Whitney (Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Mar. 5, 1723;
m. Sept. 5, 1748, Sarah Payne, dau. of Thomas; b. ; d. .

* At this time he was of Biddeford.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 63

Amos Whitney was born in York, Me. He was one of the earliest settlers in
Gorham, and was prominent and influential in town affairs. He was the first town
clerk from 1764 to 1769, and one of the first selectmen, which office he held for years.

He was a man of great integrity and highly respected. He d. ; res. York,

Me., and Gorham.

646. i. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 30, 1749.

647. ii. Amos, b. Apr. 22. 1752.

64S. iii. Mary Gookin, b. Oct. 25, 1754.

649. iv. Elias, b. .

650. V. JOTHAM, b. .

651. vi. Ruth, b. .

214. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Oct. 17, 1704; m. Jan.
^6, 1727, Lydia Jones; b. Sept. 15, 1705; d. Mar. 4, 1783.

He owned lands in Hopkinton, Holliston, and Mendon. He was a prominent
citizen and influential member of the church, and assisted in establishing the town of
Milford. He settled the estates of his father and father-m-law. After his death his
estate was divided among his heirs, he dying intestate. He d. 1755; res. Mendon
and Medway, Mass.

652. i. Susanna, b. Feb. 12, 1728; m. in Mendon, Jan. 25, 1752, Isaac

Tenney, b. Milford, Feb. 22, 1723, d. bef. 1764; m. 2d. Apr. 11,
1764, Noah Wiswall.d. Nov. 9, 1804. Isaac inherited his father's
farm in Milford. Mr. and Airs. Tenney were members of the
church and had their children baptized. The date of his death
is unknown; res. Mil. Ch.: Ruth, bap. May 13, 1753; Jonathan,
bap. Apr. 20, 1755; Ruby, b. Jan. 12, 1765; m. Silas Brown; Per-
ley, b. Mar. 11, 1767; Jerusha, b. July 17, 1769; m. Moses Green.

653. ii. Jonathan, b. Oct. 18, 1729; d. Oct. 19, 1729.

654. iii. Jesse, b. Nov. 24, 1730; m. Mary Cheney, Mrs. Ruth Wight and

Abigail Rawson.

655. iv. Lydia, b. Nov. 18, 1732; m in Mendon, Dec. 12, 1754, Samuel

Bowker of Hopkinton, b. 1729; died 1799. He m. 3 times.

Lydia was his second wife; res. Mil. Ch.: Asa, b. Nov. 12, 1755;

Abigail, b. June 13, 1757; Abigail, b. Apr. 9, 1759; Abiathar, b.

Feb. 25, 1763; Ruth, b. Feb. 9. 1765; Daniel, b. Feb. 16, 1769.
Jonathan, b. July 26, 1737; m. Esther Parkhurst.
Ruth, bap. Apr. 11, 1742; d. young.

David, bap. Sept. 21, 1746; m. Rachel .

Sarah, b. Mar. 14; 1735; m. pub. Nov. 10; m. Dec. 10, 1756, in

Mendon, Wales Cheney, b. Aug. 31, 1732; d. Mar. 27, 1825; res.

Milford. Ch.: Josiah, b. Aug. 9, 1757; Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1758;

m. Elizabeth Hudson; David, b. ; res. Orange; Nathan,

b. May 4, 1765; res. Orange; Lydia, b. May 4, 1767; m. John Cor-

bett; Asa, b. Dec. 20, 1769; m. Roxaima Pitman; Amos,b. Sept.

26, 1771 ; Anna, b. Apr. 21, 1773; m. Otis Butterworth; Alexander,

b. Oct. 8, 1780; m. Lovice Bowker and Mrs. Elizabeth W.Stone.

219. Elias Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Holliston, Mass., Nov. 14,
1716; m. Feb. 6, 1745, Elizabeth Mellen, b. Aug, 21, 1721; m. 2d. at Mendon. June
26, 1774, Elizabeth Boyden.

He resided in Holliston, near the eastern boundry. He was in Framingham in
1764, when James Heywood deeded him the homestead now owned by his great-
grandson, Elias Whitney. He was of reputable standing in the plain old-fashioned
society of the times. He d. July 29, 1810; res. Framingham and Holliston, Mass.
Abigail, b. Mar. 19, 1747.
Elias, b. June 15, 1750; m. Lucy Barnes.
Amrillen, b. June 1, 1753.

Jonathan, b. June 25, 1760; killed in Revolutionary w^r. He
enlisted in the company raised in Mendon, commanded by
Capt. Drew, and was killed in battle Feb. 2, 1780.

221. George Whitney (Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Aug. 12, 1721; m. Sarah
Cozzens. He d. in 1752; res. Sherborn and Holliston, Mass.
664. i. Isaac, b.

656.

v.

657.

vi.

658.

vn.

659.

viii

660.

661.

ii.

662.

iii.

663.

IV.

665. ii. Hannah, b.-

666. iii. Marcy, b.

667. iv. Sarah, b. ; d. bef. 1752.

64 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

224. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. May 22, 1709; m,
Feb. 24, 1781, Margaret Sanderson. Hed. Feb. 28, 1797; res. Sherborn, Mass.

668. i. Jonathan, b. Sept. 25, 1734; m. Eunice Marshall.

669. ii. PERSis,b. Aug. 2U, 1739.

670. iii. Amos, b. Sept. 27, 1746.

225. EzEKiEL Whitney (Joshua, Benjamin, John),b. in Mendon, Aug. 29, 1716;

m. . Will made May 5, 1753; probated May 23, 1753; estate settled May 21,

1768. He d. May. 1753; res. Sutton, Mass.

671. i. Susannah, *b. ; m. Love.

672. ii. Jennet, b. .

673. iii. Margaret, b. . ,

674. iv. Rachel, b. .

231. Benjamin Whitney (Joshua, Benjamin, John), b. Uxbridge, Mar. 14, 1743;
m. — - — . Benjamin Whitney, of Uxbridge, Sept. 30, 1765, received of Lydia Taft,
admr. of his portion of his father's estate, of which Josiah Taft was admr., so much
in full. Joshua, Nathaniel, Hannah, Isaac, and Phebe Kirby also signed receipts at
the same time. [Wor. Prob. Rec] Res. Uxbridge, Mass.

237. Jason Whitney (Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Aug. 31, 1729;:
m. in Sudbury, Mar. 3, 1757, Elizabeth Beal, of East Sudbury, dau. of Joseph and
Love; d. May 22, 1772. Joseph Beales, the father, was a large land owner and was
often Selectman. He was descended from Wm. Beal, of Marblehead; m. 2d Mar. 17,
1773, Lois Pratt, of Needham, wid. of Ephraim, of Newton, and dau. of Ebenezer
Fisher, of ; d. Nov. 21, 1805.

Jason Whitney was born in Natick, Mass., where he always resided. On the
death of his father, in 1760, he acquired the bulk of his property. He was a promi-
nent citizen in the town.

From James McManus, town clerk at Natick, Mass., is received the following,,
relating to offices held by Jason Whitney:

1772, surveyor of highways; 1773, fence viewer; 1774, fence viewer and hog
reeve; 1775, fence viewer; 1777, selectman, field driver and fence viewer; 1780,
selectman; 1781, selectman and fence viewer.

From selectman's order or cash book: "On account of money paid in support of
the present war with Great Britain and by whom paid to men who enlisted into the
army and of those who do a term or any part of a term in the year 1776."

July 20, 1776, Jason Whitney, one-fourth of a term to Canada, ^3 6s. 8d.

Jason Whitney was in the French and Indian wars, and received a wound
that caused lameness. Notwithstanding this lameness he served repeatedly dur-
ing the Revolutionary war. His services are recorded on the rolls at the State
House, Boston, also on the town treasurer's book and town files of Natick:

"Jason Whitney was in Capt. David Morse's Muster Roll, in French War,
1755 to 1763."

"His name on Capt. Joseph Morse's Muster Roll. Col. Samuel Bullard's Regt,
Lexington Alarm."

"On Capt. Hezekiah Broads' Roll, Patterson's Regiment, Canada Expedition,
June 7, 1776.

"Paid X of a term, for a man to go three months to New York in Capt. Gard-
ner's Co., Col. Eleazur Brook's Regiment."

"Went on the Forty Days' Alarm to Rhode Island with teams & Baggage.""
(Went twice.)

"Credited to Fiske's Co., Perry's Regiment. Served also in Leland's Co., same
Regiment. Assisted in taking Solomon Park Parker out of Prison, while on this
service."

"He also loaned the town £162-8-8 in 1781, 'Old Emifion Bills' for war pur-
poses. In 1782 he loaned ^^2-8-0 silver money 'Spanish Milled dollars' & paid the
same to Amos Morse for Isaac Dunton's bounty, for three years, for going into the
service."

"Was one of the selectmen & on Committee to hire soldiers 1780-81-82."

From Massachusetts rolls:

"Pay Roll for the Troops under the command of Lieut, feremiah Colburn. In
Brigadier General Wadsworth's Department. Detached at Cambridge, 1781.

"Jason Whitney from Jany. 27 to March 10."

*Mar. 16. 1768, Nehemiah Hall, of Uxbridge, was appointed guardian of Susannah, Janet, and
Margaret, daughters of Ezekiel.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 65

The foregoing is Jason Whitney's Revolutionary roll and French and Indian
war roll. His son-in-law, \Vm. Alden, though very young, served twice on militia
service and contributed money, and his grandson, Isaac' Alden, served in the war of
1812. \

He d. June 23, 1807, res. Natick, Mass.

675. i. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1760.

676. ii. Abigail, b. Dec. 13, 1761; m. prob. Sept. 7, 1788, William Dunton,

removed to New York.

677. iii. Sarah, b. Apr. 29, 1763; m. John Trilll, of Natick. Ch.: John and

Jemima; m . 2d, Henry Lake; res. Acton, Mass. Ch.: Henry,
Lucretia and Mary.

678. iv. Mary, b. Mar. 24, 1765; m. Richard Bacon, of Needham, two

ch.: Eliza and William, and 8 others; rev. to Ontario Co., N. Y.

679. v. Susanna, b. Dec. 9, 1766; m. May 1,1788, William Alden; removed

to Troy, N. Y. He was b. in Needham, July 1, 1761, d. Calais,
Vt., Sept. 27, 1842. She d. there Feb. 27, 1844. Ch.: I. Isaac, born
Needham, Mar. 19, 1789, d. in Lewis, Essex Co., N. Y., Aug. 17,
1860; m. 1st, Maria Stone, dau. of Moses and Olive (Ward)
Stone, of Newton; m. 2d, Hannah Snow, dau. of Jonathan Snow
and Lydia (Hammett) Snow, and had Edwin Augustus, Joseph
Jackson, Olive Maria and Ruby Hammett, Emily Doane, Charles
L., Avis Ellen and Alcnzo Isaac. II. William, West Newton,
b. 1797, d. 1861; m. Ann Fuller and Elizabeth Bacon. III. Asa,
b. Sept. 25, 1794; m. Avis Hammet Snow. IV. George, b.
1797, m. Clarinda Mclntyre. V. Elizabeth, b. 1802; m. Isaac
Kennan. VI. Hannah Whitney, b. 1806; m. Washington Taske,
Hyde Park, Mass.; descendants: Mrs. Lucien L. Sheddon,
Plattsburg, N. Y.; Mr. J. J. Alden, Troy, N. Y., Mr. Harry M.
Alden, Troy, N. Y.; Mr. Charles L. Alden, 17 First St., Troy,
N. Y.; Gen. Alonzo Alden, Troy, N. Y.; Mrs. Joseph M. Bassett,
Worcester, Mass. Wm. Alden served in Revolutionary militia
twice and contributed money. His son Isaac was a soldier in
war of 1812. Isaac Alden, by wife Maria Stone, had 1, Edwin
Augustus Alden, ni. Mary Haywood, parents of Mrs. Lucien L,
Sheddon, Plattsburg, N. Y., wife of Judge Sheddon; 2, Joseph
Jackson Alden, m. Sarah Marshall, and besides daughters had
Harry Marshall Alden, Edward M. Alden, Troy, N. Y.; 3, Olive
Maria Alden m. John Jay Knox. By Hannah Snow had, 4, Ruby
Hammet, m. David Sykes; 5, Charles L. Alden, m. Mary Lang-
ford Taylor, and had Antoinette Speacer Alden, Mary Curran
Alden, John Gale Alden, d.y.,Chloe Sweeting Alden, d. y., John
Gale Alden 2d. Langford Taylor Alden, and Charles Snow
Alden; 6, Emily Doane Alden m. Shueball Moses Cole. Gen.
Alonzo Alden m. Charlotte Danehy, and had Joseph D. Alden,
Frederick Alden, Marion Alden, d. y. and Avis Ellen Alden, m.
George Prescott. I have the signatures of Mark, Benj., Sr.,
Benj., Jr., Whitney.

680. vi. Isaac, b" Apr. 17, 1770; m. and Mrs. Susanna (Turnback)

Hall.

681. • vii. Joshua, b. Apr. 12, 1772, d. May 8, 1772.

682. viii. Lois, b. Oct. 17, 1773: m. June 29, 1791, Thomas Cummings, Jr., of

__^^- Newton. ^

683. ix. Fisher, b. Jan. 3, 1775; m. Patty Watkins.

684. X. Hannah, b. Aug. 6, 1776; m. July 11, 1798, Eli Rogers, of Natick,.

Mass.; res. Marlboro, N. H.

685. xi. George, b. Mar. 22, 1778; m. Esther Morse and Mrs. Azubah

Hastings.

686. xii. Jason, b. Oct. 20, 1780; m. Hannah Goodnowand Margaret Green,

687. xiii. Sarah, b. May 15, 1782; d. Apr. 10, 1802.

688. xiv. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 2, 1784; m. Mary Brown and Joanna Law.

689. XV. Rhoda, b. Feb. 28, 1786; m. John Russell, of Walertown, and d,

1864.

241. Thomas Whitney (Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 24,
1736; m, Oct, 19, 1761, Mehitable Bacon, of Stoughton.

66 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Thomas Whitney was born in Natick prior to 1769. He sold his rights in that
town and emigrated to Westminster. His farm he disposed of to David Hann, of
Hopkinton. He served in the Revolutionary army and was in the company from
Partridgefield; res. Natick, Mass., and Westminster, Mass.

690. i. Mark, b. May 18, 1766.

691. ii. Mehitable, bap. Sept. 30, 1764; m. Jan. 12, 1797, Samuel Law-

ton. He was the Samuel Lawson of Harriet Beecher Stowe's
" Old Town Folks."

692. iii. HuLDAH, bap. Sept. 30, 1764.

693. iv. Esther, bap. Mar. 29, 1767.

245. Gideon Whitney (Isaac, Benjamin, John), b. Hopkinton, Mass., Nov. 27,
1729; m. in Sudbury, Mar. 14, 1750, Hannah Norcrossof Sudbury.

His estate was settled in 1752-3. He owed his cousins Jason and Mark Whitney
and sister Judith.

He d. in H., Dec. 2, 17-^3; res. Hopkinton and Holliston, Mass.
694. i. Elizabeth, b. Dec. 30, 1751.

254. Elijah Whitney (Daniel, John, John, John), b. Jan. 15, 1715, m. Hannah

In 1776 he was a member of the Warwick committee of correspondence, inspec-
tion and safety.

He d. ; res. Roxbury and Warwick, Mass.

695. V. Daniel, b. ; m. Sarah Gav.

696. iii. John, b. Nov. 29, 1749; m. Mav Payson.

697. i. Elijah, b. Sept. 23, 1744.

698. ii. Elisha, b. Oct. 6, 1747; m. Abigail Dana.

699. iv. Hannah, b. June 13, 1756; bap. at Roxbury same year.

259. Caleb Whitney (Timothy, John, John, John), b. Apr. 2, 1711; m. 1736,
Hannah Cheney, b. June 13, 1711, dau. of Joseph. His two sons served in the
Revolutionary army in a company raised in Newton; res. Newton, Mass.

700. i. Hannah, b. Mar. 3, 1737; m Nov. 19, 1772, Nathaniel Parker.

Ch.: Newton, b. ; Caleb, b. Apr. 29, 1773; m. Fanny Scott;

Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1775; m. David Scott; Eunice, d. young.

701. ii. Caleb, b. June 17, 1740; m. Elizabeth Hyde.

702. iii. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1743; m. in 1769, Jas. Richardson, Jr. She d.

in 1771, s. p., and he m. 2d Dorothy Packard, of Bridgewater.

703. iv. Thaddeus, b. July 10, 1747; m. Temperance Hyde.

260. Moses Whitney (Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 20, 1714; m. in 1739,
Rebecca Hyde, b. Sept. 23, 1720.

Four of his sons served in the Revolutionary war. They were in Capt. Phinehas
Cook's Co. in Col. Gardner's Regt. Three of his sons died in the army. Timothy
Whitney was admr. of his estate. He d. in 1805; res. Newton, Mass.
Margaret, b. May 8, 1741.
Moses, b. Apr. 9, 1743; d. Revolutionary armv.
Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1745; m. Mar. 20, 1766, Edward Richards, of

Camb.
Timothy, b. Feb. 12, 1747; m. Mary Hyde.
Stephen, b. Feb. 12, 1747; d. Revolutionary army
Elizabeth, b. May 30, 1749; m. 1777, Asa Payson. Had Asa and
two daughters.

710. vii. Ephraim, b. June 16, 1751; m. 1774, Anna Fuller, b. June 18, 1749,
and died in the Revolutionary army in 1776; was in the company
of Capt. Wiswell, of Newton.

711. viii. Rebecca, b. Mar. 17, 1754; m. 1780, Wm. Buzzard. Ch.: Betsey
and Clara.

Relief, b. Dec. 29, 1756; m. 1783, John Woodward, of Brookline.

Gersham, b. July 25, 1758; d. 1759.

Persis, b. Feb. 19, 1760; m. 1797, James Richards, his third wife.

Ch.: Sukey, b. Dec. 11, 1797; Mary,b.Aug. 6, 1800. She d. May,

1838.
715, xii. John, b. Apr. 8, 1762; m. Polly Pope.

261. Corp. Joseph Whitney (Timothv, John, John, John),b. Watertown, Mass.,
Feb. 21,1716; m. Mary Hastings; m. 2d, Mrs. Anna (Palmer?). She d. at Lima, N. Y.

704.

i.

705.

11.

706.

111.

707.

iv.

708.

v.

709.

VI.

712.

ix.

713.

X.

714.

XI.

716.

717.

ii.

718.

111.

719.

IV.

720.

V.

721.

VI.

722.

Vll.

723.

Vlll.

724.

IX.

725.

X.

726.

XI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 67

Jasper Whitney, writing from Thomson, 111., states his great-grandfather's name
was Joseph Whitney. Samuel Whitney's father's name was Joseph, and Silvanus
Hayward, A. M., of Southbridge, Mass., in his history of Gilsum, N. H., says Joseph
Whitney was the son of Palmer Whitney, and that Palmer was the half-brother of
Samuel. From all the evidence and data I can secure, it is my opinion that Joseph
Whitney, of Newton, after his first wife's death married again and finally became
one of the first proprietors of Gilsum, N. H.,and that his sons finally located there on
land he had purchased. In the history of Gilsum is this record: "Joseph Whitney
was a corporal in the seventh company in Col. Samuel Ashley's regiment from Gil-
sum, N. H , in 1776." Later he moved to Warwick (Orange), Mass., and still latei
to Lima, N. Y., where he passed the remainder of his days. He was killed by the
falling of a tree. He d. at Lima, N. Y.; res. Newton, Mass.; Gilsum, N. H.; Orange,
Mass., and Lima, N. Y.

Abigail, b. Dec. 18, 1749.

Martha, b. May 31, 1752.

Ann, b. Feb. 10, 1755.

Samuel, b. Aug. 7, 1758; m. Mary Whitney.

Lois, b. Sept. 6, 1761.

Mary, b. ; m.— Guerney.

Content, b. ; m. Fuller.

Palmer, b. Oct. 6, 1777; d. in Warwick, Mass., Feb. 1, 1778.

Palmer, b. Mar. 5, 1778; m. Judith Barber.

Edward, b. .

Abigail, b. Jan. 20,1781; m. Samuel Mark; res. Wyoming Co.,
N. Y.

727. xii. Lemuel, b. Aug. 15, 1784; m. Sally Pratt.

264. Nathaniel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 23, 1696;
m. June 22, 1721, Mary Child; b. 1699; d. Dec. 3, 1776.

They settled in Westboro where he and his wife were admitted to the church
He had owned ihe covenant at Concord, Oct. 15, 1727.
27, 1776; res. Weston and Westboro, Mass.

Ephraim, b. in Groton, July, 1722; m. Thankful Harrington.

Oliver, b. Dec. 1, 1724; m. Dorcas Warren.

David, bap. Nov. 8, 1726, Brookfield.^

Mary, b. Feb. 15, 1727.

Nathaniel, b. Julv 22, 1728; m. Abigail Marstop.
733. vi. ANNA,b. Mar. 8, ITSOim. May 4, 1749, David Forbush; b. Oct. 20,
1721. He wa'sThe son of Dea. Thomas Forbush, Jr., of the
earliest and most prominent citizens of Westboro, Mass. His
grandfather, Daniel Forbush, or Forbes, a native of Scotland,
probably of the parish of Kinellar, was undoubtedly taken
prisoner by Cromwell at the battle of Dunbar, and deported
with others to this country. He located in Cambridge, Mass.,
and finally settled in Marlboro, where he died. (See Forbes-For-
bush Genealogy by Fred £»-Pierce, also history of Grafton,
Mass., by Fred C. Pierce.) David was a member of the Alarm
company, commanded by Capt. Samuel Warren. He was later
in Capt. Kimball's company in Col. Aitemas Ward's regiment
of the Revolutionary army, and marched to the Lexington
alarm, April 19, 1775. His estate was left to his son Silas. The
children of David and Anna were: Anna, b. July 7, 1750; m. Oct.
28, 1779, John Warren of Westboro; John, b. Dec. 20, 1751; d.
Sept. 7, 1757; David, b. Apr. 18, 1754; m. Deliverence Goodell,
who was the sister of the mother of Robert B. Thomas, of Farm-
ers' Almanac fame; res. South Royalston, Mass.; Jacob, b. Feb.
20, 1756; d. Mar. 3, 1756; Abigail, b. May 2, 1757; m. Leonard
Brigham; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; Lois, b. Sept. 27, 1759; m.

Wright; res. Grafton, Mass.; Jonathan, b. Feb. 22, 1762;

m. Betsey Hayden; res. Grafton and Deerfield, Mass ; Jemima,
b. May 21, 1764; m. Sylvanus Morse; res. Upton, Mass.; Silas, b.
May 19, 1766; m. May 14,1789, Rhodah Fisk; res. Grafton, Mass.;
their daughter, Nancy, b. Nov. 15, 1798, and married Nathaniel
Smith, son of Nathaniel and grandson of Rev. Ralph Smith.
Nathaniel, Sr.,was graduated at Dartmouth College. They had

Jan

. 21, 1728

; 1

He d. Jan. '.

728.

729.

ii.

730.

iii.

731.

iv.

732.

v.

TU.

vii.

735.

Vlll

736.

ix.

737.

X.

738.

xi.

68 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

five children, one Maria N., b. Nov. 3, 1827; m. Silas Austin
Pierce, the parents oT the compiler of this work. (See Forbes-
Forbush Genealogy by Pred C.Pierce.); Joel, b. July 29, 1768;
d. Sept. 20, 1776; Ruth, b. Nov. 15, 1770; d. young; Beulah, b.

■ ; m. Silas Hardy; res. Sherburne, Mass.; Mary, b. Sept. 2,

1776; m.- Daniel Leland; res. Weathersfield, Vt. Anna d. in
Westboro, Jan. 4, 1785. ■ He, her husband, d. there in Sept. 1787.
He vifas in the Revolutionary war, and at the battle of Bunker
Hill.

Amos, b. Mar. 17, 1732.

Lucy, b. Apr. 26, 1734.

Love, b. Sept. 13, 1736; m. Mar. 30, 1772, John Taft, of Upton.

Lois, b. Feb. 9, 173S.

Eli, bap. May 3, 1740; m. Elizabeth Fay and Judith Hazelden.

270. Israel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Groton, Mass.^

prob. abt. 1710; m. prob. 1732, Hannah .

Israel Whitney was a cordwainer, and was from Groton, Mass. Feb. 19, 1732,
he purchased land at Thompson Parish, Conn., and in 1733 moved to Oxford, Mass.,
where he afterward resided. His estate was valued at ^^655. Apr. 21, 1761, Oliver
Cummings, Sibyla Cummings, and the widow Hannah were the only heirs of Israel
Whitney, and were all of Dunstable. They deeded a moiety of his estate to Josiah
Leonard. The inventory of his estate is dated July 2, 1746.

Israel was brother of Dr. Ebenezer Whitney, of Worcester, who in 1737 bought
lands in Bedford, Hampden Co., Mass. Israel was a soldier in the Cape Breton
expedition in 1745. After his death his widow returned to Dunstable.

He d. in 1746; res. Groton, Mass.; Thompson, Conn., and Oxford, Mass.

739. i. SiBYLA, b. Feb. 4, 1733, at Killmgly, Conn.; m. Oliver Cummings;

res. Dunstable, Mass.
Josiah, b. 1735; d. 1740.
Hannah, b. Apr. 1737; d. bef. 1761.
Tamar, b. 1739; d. 1740.
Mary, b. July 22, 1741; d. bef. 1761.
Richard, b. Apr. 22, 1743; d. bef. 1761.

272. Solomon Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John); bap. June 17, 1711 ;

m. Mar. 5, 1731, Martha Fletcher. He d. — ; res. Weston and Lincoln, Mass., and

Rindge, N. H.

745, i. SoLO.MON, bap. Dec. 14, 1735; m. June 14, 1761, Mary Fay, res

Rindge, N. H. He was in the Revolutionary war in the com-
pany from Lincoln, Mass.
Sarah, bap. Aug. 28, 1737; died young.
Sarah, bap. Nov. 5, 1738.

Lois, bap. Jan. 1, 1743; m. in Lincoln, Nov. 19, 1771, Richard
Davis. They went to Rindge, N. H., from Lincoln, in 1773. Ch.:
Silas, b. Aug. 1, 1772, m Weston, Mass.; Solomon, b. April 24,
1774, in Rindge, N. H.; Lois, b. Nov. 8,1775, in Rindge, N. H.
749. v. Abigail, bap. May 2, 1741; m. Isaiah Underwood, of Lexington,
who was born Oct. 15, 1733, d. May 29, 1771. Ch.: Israel, b. Dec.
14, 1762; Abigail, b. Dec. 21, 1764; Suanna, b. Oct. 27, 1766;
Louis, b. Dec. 2, 1768; Joseph, b. Dec. 16, 1770. The last two
were born in Hubbardston. Israel Underwood, Jr., b. Dec. 14,
1762, d. Sept. 26, 1840; m. Rhoda Newton, who was b. Apr. 24,
1761; d. Sept. 21, 1^52. Ch.: Nancy, b. June 8, 1790, d. Apr. 19, 1874;
unm.; Eber, b. July 24, 1791; Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1793; Josiah, b.
June 18, 1795; Lucy, b. Oct. 15, 1796; Diodorus, b. July 1, 1798;
Rhoda, b. Feb. 10, 1800; Linda, b. Mar. 17, 1803; Eliza, b. Mar.
10, 1805.

Descendants are: Israel Underwood, Lena, 111.; Ira Under-
wood, West Gardner, Mass.; Caroline Smith, Pelersham, Mass.;
Walter Underwood, East Templeton, Mass.; Milo Hartwell, So.
Gardner, Mass.; Jonas Joslin, So. Gardner, Mass.; Charles A.
Shumway, West Gardner, Mass.

Sally Underwood was born Oct. 28, 1793, and died Jan. 24,
1878; she married in 1815, Nathaniel Sawyer, of Rutland, Mass.,

740.

ii.

741.

111.

742.

iv.

743.

V.

744.

VI.

746.

ii.

747.

111.

748.

IV.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 69

who was born Mar. 26, 1786, and died Jan. 13, 1879. Ch.: Sally, b.
Apr, 30, 1817, d. Aug. 1840; unm.; Diodorus, b. Nov. 10, 1818, d.
Nov. 13, 1890; m. Amelia Waste, of Whitingham, Vt. Had six
children, three are now living: George Sawyer, Whitingham, Vt.;
Carrie, now Mrs. Fred. Whitney, East Templeton, Mass., and
Fred Sawyer, East Templeton, Mass. Sally and Nathaniel
Sawyer's third child is Betsey Pierce, b. Oct. 21, 1823; m. Nov.
11, 1851, George Sawyer, of Templeton, Mass., who was b. July
28, 1818, was killed Oct. 14,1863. They had three children: Flora
Belle, b. Nov. 27, 1853; m. Nov. 26, 1879, Schuyler W. Melendy,
of Ludlow, Vt., b. Sept. 16, 1843. They had one child: George
Hubbard, b. Apr. 2, 1882, d. May 21, 1888; res. West Gardner,
Mass.; Sally Emma, b. May 26, 1857; George Scott, b. May 9,
1863; res. East Templeton, Mass.

750. vi. Martha, b. May 14, 1754; m. May 10, 1774, William Davis, of

Rindge, N. H. They went from Lincoln in 1773 to Rindge, N.
H. He was in the Rev. war, and was at the battle of Benning-
ton. Ch.: Susannah, b. May 7, 1775; Martha, b. Oct. 24, 1777;
Lucy, b. Dec. 27, 1778; Lydia, b. June 2, 1781; m. Feb. 22, 1808,
Stephen Davis, of Enosburg, Vt.; Bathsheba, b. Oct. 2, 1783;
d. Sept. 2, 1787; Solomon, b. May 15, 1785; Israel, b. Jan. 17,1788;
Bathsheba, b. May 13, 1793; Timothy, b. Mar. 23, 1795.

273. Samuel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. June 17, 1711;
m. Apr. 8, 1735, Elizabeth Hastings, of Watertown, b. 1716; d. Oct. 23, 1800, in Marl-
boro, V^t. Samuel Whitney resided in Weston, and in 1743 removed to Shrewsbury,
where they were admitted to the church in 1761. He died in Shrewsbury. His will
is dated May 2, 1788, yeoman; mentions wife Elizabeth, and children Samuel, Na-
thaniel, Jonas, Eliphalet, Lucy, Lydia, Susanna, Elizabeth Mixer, Sally Lyon.
Asaph Sherman was admr. He d. Aug. 2,1788; res. Weston and Shrewsbury, Mass.

751. i. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1735; d. young.

752. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 26, 1738; m. Apr. 24, 1754, Joseph Mixer, Jr.,

son of Major Joseph; res. Shrewsbury, Mass.; rem. to Athol and
d. there. Ch.: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 21, 1754; d. 1756; Joseph, b. Feb.
22, 1756; Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1758; Moses,b. Sept. 10, 1760; Daniel,
b. Aug. 25, 1763; Elizabeth, b. Feb. 27, 1766.

Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1739; m. Phebe Harington.

Lydia, bap. Mar. 22, 1740; d. Oct. 3, 1745.

Nathaniel, bap. Dec. 5, 1742; d. Nov. 19, 1744.

Lucy, b. Aug. 27, 1744; m. July 14, 1762, Asaph Sherman, of Graf-
ton. (See history Grafton, by Fred C. Pierce.) He was a promi-
nent citizen of the town; was First Lieut, in Capt. Lake Drury's
company that marched to the Lexington alarm and served
during the Rev. war. He was b. Mar. 6, 1741; res. Grafton.
Ch.: Jonathan, b. July 18, 1763; Marv, b. Dec. 1, 1764; Lucy, b.
Oct. 25, 1766; Betty, b. Dec. 11, 1768; Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1770;
Candice, b. Nov. 18, 1772.

757. vii. Lydia, b. June 1, 1746; m. Nov. 3, 1767, William Britton, of
Rutland.

758. viii. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 1748; m. Oct. 4, 1768, John Bellows. Jr.,
of Shrewsbury, formerly of Southboro. They settled on the
Samuel Whitney farm. She d. Feb. 1, 1805, and he d. Mar. 6, 1826.
Ch.: Martha, ra. Nathan Newton, 1792; Chloe, m. Pelatiah Allen,
of Holden; Lucy, m. Oliver Torrey, of Killingly, Conn.; Anna,
m. Dr. Jacob Kittridge, of Spencer; Moses, Lyscom, John, b.
Feb. 21, 1785.

759. ix. Nathaniel, b. May 30, 1749; m. Mary Houghton.

760. X. Jonas, b. June 14, 1761; m. Tamar Houghton.

761. xi, Sarah, b. July 15, 1753; m. in Shrewsbury, 1777, John Fisher Lyon,
of Grafton. He resided in Grafton, then in Shrewsbury, and
finally moved to Harvard, where he died. Ch.b. Shrews.: Lydia,
b. Apr. 9. 1778; John, b. Oct. 17, 1780.

762. xii. Eliphalet, bap. May 4, 1757; m. Aug. 12, 1776, Lois Houghton,
of Lancaster; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., and Marlboro, Vt.

763. xiii. Martha, bap. Aug. 5, 1759; d. bef. 1788; not men. in will.

753.

iii.

754.

IV.

755.

V.

756.

vi.

70

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

275. Joshua Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Mar. 25, bap. Apr. 25, 1714; m. May 21, 1739, in Spencer, Mass., Mehitable Wilson,
of Spencer, dau. of Dea. James and Mehitable. She d. May 1, 1785.

Joshua Whitney in 1746 resided in that part of Leicester afterwards incorporated
as Spencer. He purchased land of Dea. James Wilson, Sr., whose dau. he married.
Wilson came from Lexington to Leicester in 1714, and to Spencer in 1730. He was
a prominent citizen, often promoted to offices of trust and honor, and was deacon in
Rev. Mr. Fisk's church. Joshua moved to Stockbridge in 1758. In seating the
meeting house in 1771 the residents were given seats according to the value of their
estates. Of the sixty-eight families Joshua Whitney was the twenty-seventh. He is
interred in the old Norwich Hill burying ground, and his stone reads:

In Memory of
Mr. Joshua Whitney
he died 25 June
A. D. 1786
in the 70.
year of his age.
Death is a debt to nature due.
Which I have paid, and so must you.
Weep not for me, dry up your tears.
I must lie here till Christ appears.
He d. in 1785; res. Leicester, Spencer, and Stockbridge, Mass.

Phixehas, b. June 24, 1740; m. Sarah Harrington.
Lemuel, b. 1743; m. Thankful Grififith.

Beulah, b. 1745; m. 1765, John Ball. He was b. 1747, the son of
Eleazer, who was b. in Concord, and who was one of the first
settlers in Rutland. He d. Sept 4, 1775, ae. 28. The children
were all born in Leicester, Mass. She d. in Langdon, N. H., in
1822. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug. 10,1765; Eleazer, b. May 11, 1767;
Sibbil, b. Sept. 19, 1768; Sarah, b. Oct. 6, 1771; Mehitable, b.
July 24, 1773; John, b. June 25, 1775.
Elisha, b. 1747; m. Esther Clark.
John, b. 1751; m. Rachel Hiscock.

Mehitable, b. 1756; m. Obadiah Newton; res. Spencer, Mass.,
and Granville, N. Y. Her husband died and she married a
Williams. He died and she again married a Hanks and moved
to Hopkinton, Ohio.

Joshua, b. 1758; m. Esther Prouty and Sartwell.

Susannah, b. 1762; m. William Hiscock; res. in eastern N. Y.
Polly, b. Oct. 19,1766; m. May 19. 1789, Jonathan Upham; res,
Windham, Vt. She d. Oct. 14, 1843. Polly lived m Dudley,
Mass., then in Gifford, Vt., and afterwards in Windham. He

764.
765.
766.

767.
768.
769.

iv.

V.

vi.

770.
771.
772.

vii.
viii
ix.

wasb. in Dudley, Mass., June 26, 1761, was a soldier in the Rev-
olutionary war, and d. July 15, 1827. He was a farmer. Ch.: Rox-
ania, b. Aug. 22,1791 ; m. Nov. 29, 1820, Reuben Prentiss, oldest
son of Harvev N.; res. Windam. She d. June 9, 1855; Sophia,
b. Mar. 17, 1793; m. Jan. 4, 1827, Henry Miller; her son H. C.
res. Ovid, Iowa. She d. May 21, 1836; Mehitable, b. Dec. 25,
1788; d. Aug. 25, 1833; Jerusha, b. Sept. 11, 1794; d. Feb. 15,
1849; Polly, b. July 7, 1796; d. Oct. 15, 1848; Gardner, b. May2,
1798; res. Windham, Vt.; m. Oct. 11, 1827, Eunice A. Emory, d.
June 23, 1848; m. 2d, Jan. 15, 1850, Marilla Wyman, d. Mar. 4,
1867; m. 3d, Feb. 20,1872, Mr,s, Elizabeth Abbott, d. Jan. 17,
1879. He is still living (1893), altliougn ne has completed his
ninety-fifth year. His health is good, and he attends church
regularly and goes to the postoffice daily, with the exception of
the very cold weather last winter. His own generation has
passed and most of the next generation, but he still remains, a
pleasant, genial companion to the old, the young, or the middle-
aged, conversing with equal fluency on the incidents of his
boyhood , the current topics of the day, or any intervening
event. He was born in Guilford, Vt.,but went to Windham when
six years old and spent his life there, except from 1850 to 1872
he lived in Grafton, Vt.; Jonathan, b. May 30, 1800; m. Sept. 18,
1832, Sarah M. Moore; res. Windham. He d. May B, 1878;

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 71

one child living, Asahel, at W.; Asahel, b. Dec. 15, 1802; res.
W.; m. Sept. 9, 1833, Hannah S. Carter; was a merchant in
Boston; d. s. p. Dec. 29, 1833; Zenas, b. July 28, 1807; d. Feb.
24, 1810; Ebenezer, b. Mar. 24, 1805; m. Sept. 6, 1837, Susan
D. Grout; res. New York, Iowa, and d. Mar. 2, 1876; a dau.,
Mrs. W. B. Burton, res. New York, Iowa; Zenas H.,b. Oct. 19,
1811; m. Harriet L. Putnam and Jane E. Pierce. He d. Dec.
16, 1892. Sons; Abel P., care Sprague, Warner & Co.; Dea. A,
O. Prentice, Chicago, and Herbert J., Stillwater, Iowa.

773. X. SiBBiLLAH, b. 1754.

276. David Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in Watertown,
Mass., in 1716; m. m Needham, Nov. 17, 1743, Mehitable Parker. She m. Oct. 27,
1757, Josiah Ware (his third wife), b. Mar. 21, 1707; d. 1798 in Needham. He was
born in Watertown, Mass.; was leit fatherless at the age of 14, at which time a guar-
dian was appointed for him (Middlesex Probate, 1731, No. 17631). He resided nearly
all his life in Needham, but died in Natick, Mass. David Whitney, who married
Mehitable Parker, that son of Nathaniel and Mercy (Robinson) of Weston, whom
Wm. L. Whitney names as in his 15th year in 1731 (No. 243, p. 26). A glance at Bond,
p. 965, No. 107, shows that Nathaniel, eldest son of Nathaniel and Mercy*, named his
third son for this youngest brother David; while David, who was not much older than
his nephews, and possibly lived among them after his father's death in 1730, out of
five children of his own, transmitted the names of his nephevvp, Ephraim and Oliver,
and of his mother, Mercy. Mehitable, the mother, died bef. 1764, for Apr. 19 of that
year Josiah married for fourth wife, Sibel Robinson; no ch. He d. Apr. 19, 1754; res.
Needham and Natick, Mass.

774. i. Oliver, b. Apr. 15, Needham; bap. June 9, 1744; m. Hannah

Chase.
Mary, b. Nov. 5; bap. Natick, Nov. 24, 1745.
Ephraim, bap. May 29, 1747; m. Sarah Wood.
John, b. June 5, 1749.
Mercy, b. Jan. 8, 1751.
Mehitable, b. Aug. 3, 1758; m. May 10, 1780, Abraham Whitney,

Jr., of Stow. She d. 1835.

780. vii. WiLLiA.M, b. 1760; d. young.

277. William Whitney (William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Jan. 11, 1707; m.
in Sudbury Sept. 10, 1735, Hannah Harrington; d. Apr. 30, 1740; m. 2d Mar. 30, 1742,
Mrs. Mary (Chadwick) Pierce, b. Oct. 6, 1713; d. Feb. 23, 1756; m. 3d Aug. 12, 17.56,
Margaret Spring; m. 4th June 14, 1763, Mrs. Sarah Davis, of Brookline; res. Weston,
Mass.

781. i. William, b. Apr. 10, 1736; m. Mary Mansfield.

782. ii. Hannah, b. Feb. 16, 1737; m. Apr. 25, 1757, Henry Spring, of

Weston. He was son of Henry, b. April 6, 1733.

783. iii. Phinehas, b. Apr. 23, 1740; m. Miriam Willard, Lydia Bowes and

Mrs. Jane Garfield.

784. iv. Mary, bap. Dec. 17, 1742; d. young.

785. V. Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1744; m. May 29, 1777, Amos Fiske, of Walth.

man. He was born Apr. 25, 1754; was a soldier in the Rev.
war; had four children, three daughters and one son; Polly, b.
Aug., 1778; m. Mar. 29, 1801, Samuel Harrington, of Watertown;
the other two daughters m. Stearns and Fletcher; the son, Amos
Fiske, Jr., died at Cinn.; Polly Fiske Harrington m. 1807 Jere-
miah Wiswell, of Newton; had one child by S. Harrington and
four by J. Wiswell; a granddaughter is Mrs. C. K. Thomas, 118
Princeton St., East Boston, Mass.

786. vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 6, 1736; m. Gen. Amasa Davis, of Boston; b. Aug.

17,1744; d. Jan. 30, 1825.

787. vii. Nathaniel, b. Mav 1, 1748; d. Oct, 10, 1751.

788. viii. Joel, b. Dec. 22, 1749; d. Feb., 1750.

789. ix. Susanna, b. Dec. 23, 1751; m. May 14, 1778, Israel Mead, of Med-

ford; b. Dec. 27, 1751.

790. X. Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1753; m. May 14, 1778, Samuel Custis, of

Marlboro. He was from Roxbury, and moving to Marlboro to

♦Bond says " Mary," which Temple and Wm. L. W. correct to Mercy.

775.

n.

776.

in.

1 1 1.

IV.

778.

V.

779.

VI.

72 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

practice his profession, that of a physician, he m. the wid. of
Dr. Dexter. After her death, Dec. 25, 1774, he married as above.
He had two children by his first wife, and by his second, Anna,
b^ May 26, 17^0: Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1779; Fanny, b. Mar. 19,
1781. He was a man of influence, was clerk, selectman and
justice of the peace; was a member of the committee of corre-
spondence in 1778.

281. Lieut. Samuel Whitney (William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. May 23,
1719; m. Oct. 20, 1741, Abigail Fletcher. He was a leading man in the settlement of
Westmister, and was frequently elected to office. He went from Weston soon after
his marriage, probably in 1742. His place of residence in Westminster in 1859 was
owned by Mr. Hartwell. The old cellar is still visible. Samuel was frequently
elected selectman and during the Revolutionary war was a lieutenant. The History
•of Westminster says: "He located on lot No. 51, near the No. Common, where
Leander Hartwell now lives. The house he built stood a few rods south of the site
of the present one. He was a prominent, capable, and much esteemed resident of
the township, one of the executive committee of the propriety and selectman three
years after incorporation. He also held a commission as lieutenant in the militia of
the province. He was a man of wealth and influence, having a large landed estate,
which enabled him to give each of his sons a farm, it is said, before or at his
•decease." The inventory of his estate was made to probate court by his widow,
Abigail, in April, 1783. He d. Jan. 1,.1782; res. Weston and Westminster, Mass.

Abigail, b. Aug. 27, 1742; prob. d. young.

Mary, b. May 29, 1744; m. Elijah Gibson and Edward Scott, of
Westminster.

Samuel, b. Feb. 11, 1746; m. Thankful Wilder.
Abner, b. May 18, 1748; m. Elizabeth Glazier and Levina (Glaz-
ier) Ward.

Achsah, b. Sept. 30. 1750; d. May 14, 1772.
Silas, b. Oct. 20, 1752; m. Sarah Withington.
Martha, b. Nov. 26, 1755; d. young.
Elisha, b. July 2, 1757; m. Eunice Seaver.

Alpheus, b. Feb. 25, 1759; m. Esther Hartwell; History of West-
minster says s. p.

Phinehas, b. Jan. 16, 1761; m. Elizabeth Rand.

Hananiah, b. Dec. 18, 1762; m. Azubah Keyes.

Martha, b. Sept. 18, 1764; m. Benjamin Seaver and Isaac Seaver.

Susanna, b. Feb. 9, 1767; d. young.

284. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Stratford, Conn..
Dec. 13, 1727; m. Mar. 26, 1751, Hannah Judson, who d. smallpox Dec. 23, 1760; m-

■2d Martha .

He was appointed administrator of his father's estate Feb. 21, 1754. The town
gave him liberty to erect a store house of about 20 feet in length and 18 broad
under the bank of the Mill river, near the upper ship yard, at the Ram pasture, the
place to be fixed by Thomas Hill and James Smedly, a committee for that purpose^
at said Whitney's cost. It is said he was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and
that he died in the early part of the war, being one of several who were killed by
being poisoned. He may have been a prisoner in New York at the time of his death;
res. Newtown, Conn.

James, b. Aug. 10, 1753; m. Eunice Johnson and Mrs. Rhoda Peet.

Samuel, b. Oct. 9, 1757; m. Huldah Stilson.

John, b. Mar. 16, 1767. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, and is said to have been captured in Algiers.

807. iv. Hannah, b. Mar. 1, 1769; m. Wright; res. Huntington,

Conn.

808. v. Sarah, b. in 1771; d. unm.; said to have been the most beautiful

girl in Huntington^ Conn,

809. vi. Isaac, b. in 1773; m. Susannah Bryan.

286. Isaac Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Sept. 2, 1710, in Weston; m-
Feb. 8, 1729, Elizabeth Gale; bap. May 25, 1712; res. Weston, Mass.
810. i. Elizabeth, bap. July 19, 1741,

791.

i.

792.

11.

793.

iii.

794.

IV.

795.

V.

796.

vi.

797.

vii.

798.

vni

799.

IX.

800.

X.

801.

xi.

802.

xii.

803.

Xlll

804.

i.

805,

11.

806,

111.

811.

1.

812.

ii.

813.

iii

814.

iv,

815.

V.

816.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. . 73

2b7. Zachariah Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Dec. 28, 1711, in
Weston; m. Apr. 11, 1739, Sarah Boynton, of Lunenburg, Mass.; res. Woburn, Mass.,
and Lunenburg, Mass.

Zachariah, b. Jan. 16, 1747; m. Elizabeth Wetherbee.

Sarah, b. Feb. 27, 1740; rx\. Mar. 3, 1763, Silas Button.

Jane, b. Sept. 22, 1742.

Abigail, b. Jan. 17, 1746.

Mary, b. April 8, 1752.

John, b. Apr. 16, 1756; m. Priscilla Battles.

289. Abraham Whitney (John, Joseph, John, John), b. Aug. 8, 1716, bap. June
17, 1741; ni. Jan. 20, 1742, Tabitha Allen, b. Oct. 26, 1722; dau. of Joseph, Jr., and
Abigail Allen. His father John was one of the original proprietors of Paris, Me.,
in 1735. Abraham was given this land in 1771; res. Watertown, Mass.

817. i. Elisha, b. Mar. 2, 1743.

818. ii. Simon, b. Nov. 21, 1745; d. Apr. 25. 1751.

819. iii. Abigail, b. ; d. Apr. 23, 1751.

820. iv. Levi, b. May 16, 1750.

821. v. Sarah, b. May 18, 1752.

291. Joseph Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1710; m. Apr.
19, 1737, Mary Child, b. Feb. 25, 1717. In the Middlesex Register of Deeds office
is found the following data: 1785, Joseph, Jonathan, and wife Susan, and Abraham
and wife Mary, of Watertown, late father Joseph and brother Daniel; 1785, Joseph,
Jonathan, and Abraham, in behalf of his late wife, Elizabeth Whitney, deceased;
all heirs of Joseph, deceased, of Watertown. Witness: Jonathan, Jr. He d. in 1790;
res. Weston, Mass.

Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1737, d. young.
Joseph, b. Mar. 13, 1738; m. Elizabeth Goddard.
David, b. Jan. 21, 1740; d. bef. 1784.
Jonathan, b. Apr. 12, 1743; m. Susanna Norcross.
Abijah, b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. Lydia Stearns.

Elizabeth, bap. Nov. 23, 1746; m. Abraham Whitney, son of
John and Susan .

292. Benjamin Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John),b. Watertown, Mass.,

Sept. 14, 1712; m. — ■ — — . (See Worcester records of births in city clerk's

office. He did not die Nov. 13, 1713, as Bond says, in his History of Watertown.)
Res. Worcester, Mass.

828. i. Benjamin, b. in 1737; m. Sarah White.

829. ii. Samuel, b. in 1741; m. Mary White.

293. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Nov. 22, 1715: m.
Mar. 1, 1742, Mary Clark, b. 1713; d. 1765. His will probated in 1808; was of Water-
town; gave property to brother Benjamin, of Worcester, and his sister, Elizabeth
Child. Also gives Joseph Whitney, second son of Jonathan, of Watertown, yi part
of his estate. He was admr. on his wife's estate in 1765. He d. s. p. 1808; res.
Watertown, Mass.

304. John Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), bap. Mar. 17, 1731; m. July
4, 1753, Mary Benjamin, b. May 24, 1726, He served in the Watertown company in
the Revolutionary war; res. Waltham, Mass.

830. i. Samuel, bap. June 6, 1756.

307. Abraha.m Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 7, 1735; m. July
10, 1766, Elizabeth Whitney, bap. Nov. 23, 1746, dau. of Joseph and Mary; m. 2d in
Watertown, Dec. 3, 1772, Mary Mead, b. May 1, 1753, dau. of Joshua.

He was born in Watertown, Mass., and resided there for some time after his
marriage. With his brothers he served in the company commanded by Capt.
Barnard from Watertown in the Revolutionary war and marched from Watertown
to Lexington on the alarm April 19, 1775. Paul Revere was ably assisted in spread-
ing the intelligence of the landing of the British at Cambridge, by Abraham
Whitney.

The night before the battle of Lexington, Abraham Whitney started off for

Lynn on horseback, at about midnight, with panniers filled with shoes, which

his brother desired to have delivered in Lynn early in the morning. Abraham

Whitney had got about to Charlestown when he was startled by a voice in the dark,

6

822.

823.

824.

iii.

825.

iv.

826.

V.

827.

vi.

834.

835.

ii.

836.

Ill

837.

iv

74 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

which stealthily asked him, " If he knew the regulars were landing." He replied
that he did not; whereupon he was informed of the particulars. Relieving his
horse of the load of shoes, he galloped him back to Watertown, where, arousing a
few of his neighbors, it was not long ere the words, " The regulars have landed, be
on the church green at sunrise," had resounded on the still night air, from each
man's doorway, and soon lights began to gleam from house to house, an index of
life and bustle within. Prompt to the summons, the sun arose on a line of men
ranged on the green in front of the old meeting house. We can imagine the anxious
countenances of the wives and children, the compressed lips and stern faces of the
men, as they listened to a few words from their leader, and their strong and
measured tread, as at the roll of the drum they hastened away, in answer to the first
call of liberty. Res. Westford, Mass., and Concord, Mass.

831. i. Abraham, b. .

832. ii. Lois, b. 1777. She d. in Concord in 1796 unm.
883. iii Elizabeth, b. .

309. EzEKiEL Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), bap. Apr. 12,1741; m.
Dec. 6, 1763, Catherine Draper, of Roxbury; m. 2d, May 19, 1769, Catherine Anson.
Ezekiel became one of the grantees of land at Paris, Me., in the right of his uncle
Ensign David. He was a cordwainer by trade. Served in the- Rev. war in Capt.
Barnard^s Watertown company. He d. in 1801; res. Watertown, Mass.

Ezekiel, b. Apr. 13, 1768; m. Lydia and- .

Francis, b. Sept. 23, 1771.
Amasa, b. May 4, 1774.

Catherine, b. Mar. 4, 1777; m. Feb. 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker
of Rutland. Had son Christopher Columbus.

838. v. Aaron, b. June 20, 1780.

310. Stephen Whitney (John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Apr. 23, bap, Aus:.
14, 1743; m. May 10, 1770, Relief Stearns; b. Apr. 10, 1749; d. Jan. 17, 1803. He was
born in Watertown; worked on his father's farm; learned the shoemaker's trade.
After his marriage moved to Lunenburg, where he was a farmer. During the Rev-
olutionary war he served in the Watertown company. He d. Apr. 4, 1833; res.
Watertown, Lunenburg, and Fitchburg, Mass. *

839. i. Stephen, b. Jan. 25, 1771; m. Sally Dexter.

840. ii. Relief, b. Nov. 11, 1773; m. June 19, 1803, Asa Tarball, of Gro-

ton ; b. Mar., 1772. She d. July; 1855. Ch.: Edmund, b. Apr. 26,
1804; m. Sophia Smith; Nancy, b. Jan. 6, 1806; m. J. J. Bigelow,
of Boston; Charles, b. Dec. 3, 1807; m. Sarah B. Jewett.

841. iii. Lucy, b. Oct. 17, 1774; m. Mar. 5, 1797, Solomon Day, of Fitch-

burg; b. Oct. 28, 1767; d. Mar. 7, 1837. She d. Aug. 10, 1858, in

Fitchburg. Ch.: Abigail N., b. Mar. 12, 1799; d. Nov., 1818;

Stephen W.,b. Feb. 28, 1801; d. Nov. 23, 1826, at Milford, Mass.;

Lucretia S., b. Apr. 19, 1803; m. Alvan Simonds, Nov. 15, 1855; d.

Jan. 30, 1866, at Boston, Mass.; Mary Ann, b. May 27, 1805; m.

Levi Downe; d. at Fitchburg, Mass.; Lucy Whitney, b. Sept.

10, 1807; m. Alvan Simonds, Jan. 17, 1832; d. Apr. 17, 1854;

a son, Edwin A., res. 32 Astor St., Chicago, 111.; Relief E., b.

Aug. 16, 1813; d. June 1, 1835.
Abijah, b. Aug. 10, 1776; m. Betsey Whitney.
Lois, b. Jan. 26, 1779; m. Francis Wolf, of Boston. Ch.: Louisa,

b. ; m. Joseph Hunting; Francis W., b. ; res. N. Y. city;

was emp. M. E. Book Concern; Susan, m. Israel Tole; res. Boston.
Nancy, b. Oct. 15, 1782; d. unm. Oct. 4, 1866, in Westfield, N. Y.
Polly, b. Nov. 1783; m. 1814, Joseph Burns, of Milford, N. H.;

3 ch. She d. Aug. 1843.
Lucretia, b. Oct. 14, 1785; m. Robert Cunningham, of Boston,

who soon d. She d. s. p. Dec. 29, 1868.
Prentiss, b. Nov. 2, 1787; m. Sylvia Bicknell.
SuKEY,b. Aug. 16, 1789; d. Nov., 1807. All the ten children sang

together in the church choir, in Lunenburg, Mass.

314. David Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Sept. 25, 1723; m. Mary
Merriam, b. June 15, 1729. His will is dated 1764. He died June 25, 1769; res. Walt-
ham, Mass.

842.

843.

iv.
v.

844.
845.

vi.

vii

846.

vii:

847.

848.

ix.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 75

849. i. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1751; m. Apr. 18, 1768, William Wellington, b.

July 28, 1746; res. Lex. Ch.": William, b. Dec. 11, 1769; m. Avis-
Fiske; David, b. Nov. 1, 1771; m. Rebecca Stearns; Abraham,
b. Mar. 22, 1774; m. Elizabeth Lawrence; Polly, b. Apr. 16, 1776;
m. Phinehas Lawrence; Isaac, b. Feb. 20, 1778; drowned Nov.
1798; member senior class, Har. Coll.; Charles, b. Feb. 20, 1780:
gr. Har. Coll. 1802; rev. Set Templeton; Alice, b. Oct. 31, 1781;
m. James Clarke; Betsey, b. Feb. 4, 1784; m. Capt. Isaac Child;
Seth, b. Nov. 18, 1785; m. Louisa Miles and Mrs. Sabra Stone;
Sybil, b. Sept. 24, 1737;. m. Irving Pierce; Marshall, b. Sept. 26,
1789; m. Elizabeth Kimball; Darius, b. Jan. 14,1794; m. twice;
Almira, b. Aug. 1, 1795; m. Francis Bowman; Isaac, b. Nov. 12,
1796.

850. ii. David, b. July 9, 1753; d. Mar. 1, 1776.

851. lii. Sarah, b. Feb. 8, 1756; m. Aug. 28, 1776, Bezaleel Wright.

852. iv. Ruth, b. Jan. 2, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Roland Blackman, o£

Weston.

316. Capt. Nathan Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. IMar. 12, 1726;
m. Sept., 1752, Tabitha Merriam, b. May 10, 1733; d. Dec. 26, 1822.

On the 26th of Dec, 1750, Nathan Whitney bought of Benjamin Brown lot No.
90, in the south part of the township (Narragansetts No. 2, now Westminster, Mass.),
now represented by his gt.-gd. sons, Edward and George C. Whitney, of Worcester,
who occupy a portion of it, and the buildings thereon as a summer residence. Early
in July following he was reported to the Gen. Ct. as "a good man, at work on the
spot." Not finding, however, a satisfactory site on the premises for a permanent
dwelling ho., he purchased of his prospective f.-in-law, Thomas Merriam, of Lex.,
the S. E. end of the adjoining lots, .\'os. 83 and 84, and erected a temporary place of
abode, near where his gd. s., Calvin, now lives. This, a few years later, was super-
seded by a more substantial structure, the oldest part of the habitation herein
represented. In 1752 or 1753 he brought to his new home his yg. bride, Tabitha
Merriam, whom he m. in Sept. of the former year. It is stated that after Mr. W.
had bought his lot and expended some labor upon it he became much discouraged
and resolved to abandon the undertaking. But his intended f.-in-law, who had con-
siderable landed interests in the vicinity, dissuaded him from his purpose. More-
over, the coming hither of his w. at an early day hel])ed to make him contented,
though lonelipess on her part and fear of Indians caused her for a time much unhap-
piness. As time went on, however, outward trials diminished, but sad domestic
experiences arose. Twice were these new-comers wholly bereaved of their children.
By the fearful epidemic of 1756, the first two d. before the third saw the light, while
a similar visitation in 1764 took from them the four that in the intervening period
had been born to them. Three only of the nine they had in all, b. at a later date,
were spared to mature years. He was a weaver by trade and established a loom in
his colonial home.

Nathan Whitney was an enterprising, prosperous citizen, patriotic and public-
spirited, and interested in military affairs. As corporal in the Co. of which Daniel
Hoar was Capt. in 1759, he was ordered in the name of his majesty, George II., to
impress for service in the Canada Expedition one Edward Joyner, a resident of the
township. In 1771 he had risen to the dignity of captain, receiving his commission
from the rcyal governor at that date, Thomas Hutchinson. Mr. Whitney departed
this life .-Xug. 10, 1803, at the age of 76. 'His with, Tabitha, survived him nearly 20
years, passing on Dec. 26, 1822, ae. 90. That he was an eminently successful farmer,,
and one of the largest property holders of his day is shown by the U. S. valuation
and tax-list made out in 1798, and also by the inventory of his estate filed at the
Prob. Ct., Oct. 1, 1803. It may be questioned whether another resident of the town
■was so favorably conditioned in this respect as was he at that early date. Interest-
ing features of his wiliare that his s., David, to whom he bequeathed his home farm^
shall furnish his wid., Tabitha, besides certain specified househokl previlege? and
conveniences, "2 cows, a horse to ride with when she wants it," and also each year
"4 bush, rye meal, 6 bush. Indian, 2 bush, wheat made into flour, 100 lbs. pork, 100
beef, 3 barrels cyder, and 10 cords wood." He d. Aug. 10, 1803; res. Waltham and
Westminster, Mass.

853. i. Tabitha, b. June 29, 1753; d. Oct. 14, 1756.
■ 854. ii. Nathan, b. May 16, 1755; d. Aug. 28, 1756.

855. iii. Tabitha, b. July 6, 1757; d. June 27, 1764.

856.

iv.

857.

V.

858.

vi.

859.

Vll.

860.

vin.

861.

IX.

862.

i.

863.

11.

864.

iii.

865.

iv.

866.

V.

867.

vi.

868.

vii

76 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Nathan, b. Apr. 9,1759; d. July 2, 1764.
Jonathan, b jMav 14, 1761; d. June 21, 1764.
Ruth, b. Apr. 17,' 1763; d. July 9, 1764.
Nathan, b. July 1, 1765; m. Eunice Puffer.
David, b. Aug.'l6, 1767; m. Elizabeth Barrow.
John, b. Oct. 13, 1769; m. Elizabeth Stearns.

318. JosiAH Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 22, 1730; ni.
June 15, 1762, Sarah Laurence, b. July 21, 1737, d. Sept. 14, 1794. He served in a
Waltham company during the Revolutionary war. He d. Dec. 3, 1800; res. Waltham
and Ashby, Mass.

Sarah, b Apr. 18, 1763.
JosiAH, b. June 23, 1765; m. Mary Barrett.

Rhoda, b. Aug. 22, 1768; m. May 8, 1794, Amos Smith, b. Feb. 26,
1762; res. Waltham. She d. Feb. 25, 1817. Ch.: Amos, b. Dec.
26, 1794; Sarah.b. Mar.8, 1796; d. Sept. 25, 1804; John, b. Oct. 18,

1797; Alice, b. May 7, 1799, d. ,1800; Alice, b. Jan. 28, 1801;

m. Dec. 23, 1824, Uriah B. Stearns; John, b. Apr. 13, 1802; Luke,
b. May 17, 1803; Darius, b. Aug. 3, 1804; Sarah, b. Nov. 30. 1806;
Josiah, b. Nov. 7,1808.
Jonathan, b. May 8. 1772; m. Sarah Child.
Anna, bap. Apr. 2. 1775.
Lucy, bap. July 28, 1776.
Nancy, b.

819. Jonas Whitney (David, Benjamin, John, John), b. June 25, 1733; m.
Sept. 27, 1757, Sarah Whittemore of Lexington, b. 1728; d. July 26, 1821.

Jonas Whitney was s. of Ensign David of Waltham. He followed his elder
hro. to Nar. No 2, and on the 20th July, 1757, bought of Samuel Merriam, of Lex.,
the farm and buildings originally belonging to Nathan Merriam, dec'd. The estate
consisted, substantially, of the present homestead of Daniel Harrington and his s.,
James, in the south part of the town. The house then standing on the premises was
located some twelve or fifteen rods N. E. of the now existing one, in the open field,
all marks of which were long since obliterated. He m. Sarah Whittemore of Lex-
ington, by whom he had 5 ch. The inventory of his estate was returned to probate
court at Worcester by wife, Sarah, who was administratrix, Feb. 2, 1779. He d. Sept.
8, 1778; res. Westminster, Mass.

869. i. Joel. b. Sept. 13, 1765; m. Lucy Holden and Mrs. Abigail (Holden)

Merriam.

870. ii. Jonas, b. Nov. 10, 1761; m. Elizabeth Raymond.

871. iii. RuHAMAH, b. Apr. 11, 1763; m. Dec. 26, 1786, Ebenezer Ross, of

Sterling. He was b. Nov. 9, 1756; d. Mar. 5, 1833. She d. Oct.
9, 1840. Ch.: Ebenezer, b. Sterling, Nov. 9, 1787; d. Mar. 12, 1868;
Sarah, b. June 23, 1789; d. Mar. 18, 1865; Nabby, b. July 1, 1793;
Mason, b. Sept. 25, 1797; d. Sept. 27, 1845; m. Mary Richardson
Jan. 7, 1821; Kezia, b. Nov. 20, 1799; d. Feb. 26, 1859; m.
Ephraim Nelson Jan.27,1842; Elvira, b. Feb. 23,1802; d. July 11,
1833; Lucy, b. Jan. 18, 1807; d. June, 1883; m. James H. Bennett
Nov. 16, 1836. Descendants: Mrs. Laura E. Miller, Gardner,
Mass.; James M. Bass, Irving, Mass.; Mrs. Ira Nichols, W.
Sterling, Mass.
■ 872. iv. Benjamin, b. Apr. 28, 1770; m. Nancy Fuller.

873. v. Joseph, b. Apr. 27, 1768; d. Sept. 13, 1778.

821. Benjamin Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Apr. 12, 1723; ni.
Deliverence ; res. Watertown, Mass., and Dummerston.Vt.

874. 1. Henry, b. Jan. 8. 1745.

875. ii. Lydia, b. Sept. 1, 1749.

876. iii. Benjamin, b. Feb. 2, 1751.

877. iv'. Deliverance, b. Nov. 20, 1757.

878. v. Esther, b. ; m. Apr. 21, 1799, Washington Burnham. He

was accidentally drowned. She m. again and moved away from
Dummerston.

879. vi. Sally, b. ; m. William Kelley and William Crosby of D.

880. vii. Polly, b. ; m. Elijah W. Stearnes and Nathan Adams of D.

322. Simon Whitney ;Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Mar. 20, 1727; m. May

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

881.

882.

883.

iii.

884.

IV.

88.S.

V,

886.

VI.

887.

Vll.

889.

viii

890.

IX.

891.

X.

892.

i.

893.

ii.

894.

iii.

895.

IV,

896.

V.

897.

vi.

26, 1757, Mary Ruggles, d. Mar. 12, 1773; m. 2d. Mary Seaver; 3d, Sarah .

He d. Oct. 16, 1797; res. Watertown, Mass.

Nathaniel R., b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. Abigail Frothingham.

Dorothy, b. July 22, 1760; d. 1761.

Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1762; d. 1765.

Grace, b. July, 1763; d. Sept. 1763.

Lucy, bap. Oct. 25, 1767; d. prob. bef. 1797; not mentioned in will.

Anna, bap. July 23, 1769; prob. d. bef. 1797; not mentioned in will.

Sarah, b. Jan. 25, 1773; m. Aug. 29, 1792, Phinehas Jennison. He
was bap. June 14, 1770; res. Newton, Mass.

Simon, b. Apr. 12, 1778.

Richard, b. Jan. 12, 1782; m. Mary Elizabeth Parker.

Mary, b. , Mentioned in father's will.

326. Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 7, 1735; m.
Mary Harrington. He served in the Revolutionary army in the company of Capt.
Wyman of Westford; res. Waltham, Mass.

Mary Kimball, b. Apr. 2. 1775.

Katherine, b. Feb. 21, 1777; m.(Feb. 17, 1803, Francis S. Hooker

of Rutland).?
Daniel, b. Nov. 8, 1778.

Charles, b. Nov. 16, 1780; m. Sybil Chenery.
Israel, b. Aug. 14, 1782.
Dorothy, b. Aug. 4, 1784; m. May 9, 1805, Nathaniel Bright, b.

Mar. 4, 1777. She d. Mar. 25, 1818; Nathaniel, b. Mar. 13, 1806;

d. Julv 17,1828; Samuel, b. Jan. 7, 1808; m. Elizabeth Bright;

William, b. Dec. 29, 1810; d. Dec. 7, 1840. Jonathan Brown, b.

Feb. 21, 1816; m. Maria G. Harding; res. Cambridgeport, Mass.

898. vii. Grace, b. Jan. 6, 1789.

899. viii. Elisha, b. July 21, 1792.

327. Capt. Joshua Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b, Apr. 3, 1737;
m. Jan. 26, 1759, Mary Clarke, of Newton; b. Apr. 14," 1741 : d. July 4, 1796; m. 2d
Mar. 13, 1797, Abigail Wood, of Rutland; b. 1744; d. Oct. 5, 18:-;8.

He lived on what is now Millbury street, opposite the head of the present Cam-
bridge street, was captain of the training band, was a farmer, and while plowing in
the held with his team was called into service. Unhitching his team he started for
Boston with others. His son, William Clarke, who was then eleven years of age,
went with the men to take back the team. He said the lady of the house where they
stopped in Boston asked his father if he would have some tea his answer was " No."
She said, " then I will give your little boy some." So he got some. Capt. Joshua was
active in drilling and furnishing men for the Revolutionary war. He was an original
member of the American Political society, was one of the committee appointed by
the town May 16, 1774, to report instructions to be observed by Mr. Joshua Bigelow,
the representative to the General Court. In 1778 he was captain of the Worcester
Military company. Joshua Whitney resided in Worcester, Mass., and sold land in
Paris, Me., to his two sons, Daniel and Wm. Clarke, in 1785-88 In seating the meet-
ing house in 1763, Capt. Joshua Whitney was given pew number 12. Capt. Joshua
Whitney's will, of Worcester, mentions wife Abigail; daughter, Lucy Chapin, wife of
Thaddeus Chapin; gives to Mary Whitney, wife of Samuel Whitney; sons, Daniel
and Clarke; daughter, Dorothy Adams; gives to Calvin, son of daughter Dorothy;
daughter Grace Ranks, wife of John Ranks; gives to Lyd'a Elder, wife of John
Elder; gives to sons Joshua and Israel. Exec. Israel Whitney. He d. May 7, 1809;
res. Worcester, Mass.

900. i. Lucy, b. June 2, 1759; m. June 24, 1780, Thaddeus Chapin; b. Apr.

10, 1756, in Uxbridge, Mass., son of Benjamin, who moved to
Worcester in 1760. He lived near the edge of Auburn on the
west side of Pakachoag Hill, which was later a part of Ward.
Ch.: Dr. Benjamin, b. May 20, 1781; m. Comfort Bancroft and
Miss Patch, 2 Ch.: Benjamin and Clark; Luther, b. Oct. 5,1783,
had a son Luther, of Ware, father of Ca]it. Charles S.,of Wor.
Jemima, b. July 12, 1785; m. Wm. Coes; Catherine, b. Mar. 17,
1787; m. in Conn; Dorothy, b Nov. 4, 1789; m. Wm. Trow-
bridge, of Sheboygan, Wis.; Dea. Lewis, b. May 27, 1792; m.
Achsah Trowbridge, and d. Nov. 25, 1874; Leonard, b. July 19,
1801.

901.

ii.

902.

111.

903.

iv.

904.

V.

905.

vi.

906.

vii.

907.

viii.

908.

ix.

yuy.
910.

1.
ii.

911.

iii.

912.

iv.

913.

V.

914.

VI.

78 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mary, b. June 19, 1761; m. June 24, 1778, Samuel Whitney.

Daniel, b. July 3, 1763; m. .

Wm. Clarke, b. Oct. 19, 1765; m. Sophia Fuller and Dorothy

Patch.
Dorothy, b. June 19, 1770; m. May, 1797, Joseph Adams. Ch.:

Calvin, b. .

Grace, b. Mar. 6, 1776; m. Mar. 8, 1797, John Ranks.
Lydia, b. June 26, 1768; m. Feb. 15, 1792, John Elder, Jr.
JosHL'A, b. June 17, 1773.
Israel, b. Apr. 6, 1781; m. Lucy Mahan.

^328. Henry Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Dec. 3, 1738; m. Jan.
-5, 1769, Hannah Tombs, of Newton. He was in one of the Watertown companies in
the Revolutionary war. He died bef. 1790, about 1788; res. Watertown, Mass.

Benjamin, b. Mar. 10, 1770; non compos mentis.

Lydia, b. Dec. 28, 1770; d. in 1776.

Anna, b. Dec. 27, 1774; d. in 1776.

Hannah, b. in 1775; d. Dec. 24, 1776.

Elizabeth, b. ; res. Dummerton, Vt.

Henry, b. ; m. Fanny Miller.

329. Israel Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown, Mass.,
Aug. 6, 1741; m. there Sept., 1765, Jemima Robbing; b. ^iar. 31, 1747. After Israel's
death, she m. 2d, Nathaniel Kingsbury. In 1791 in the Suffolk County Court Kings-
bury was appointed guardian of Israel and Dorothy. He d. in 1774; res. Watertown,
Mass.

Anna, b. 1767; d. 1767.

Jemima, b. July 23, 1768; m. David Fairbanks; res. Dedham, Mass.

Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1770.

Dorothy, b. Nov. 10, 1771.

Israel, b. Mar. 7, 1774; d. Sept., 1775.

Israel, b. Mar. 10, 1775; m. Mary Fuller.

332. Dr. Elisha Whitney (Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Feb. 27, 1747;
m. at Ipswich, 1777, Eunice Farley, b. 1757; d. May 1, 1809.

Dr. Elisha Whitney married Eunice, dau. of Gen. Michael and Elizabeth
(Choate) Farley, of Ipswich. He was graduated at Harvard college in 1766 and went
first to Hamilton, then a part of Ipswich, in 1772. Beverlv was largely engaged in
privateering and among its successful commanders were Capt. Giles and Capt. Hugh
Hill with whom Dr. Whitney sailed several times, as surgeon. On one occasion
Capt. Giles was so severely wounded that amputation of one leg became necessary.
Dr. Whitney jierformed the operation in so satisfactory a manner that the captain
presented him with a chaise found on board, the prize which had been manufactured
for the governor of Barbadoes. On a later cruise they fell in with a British vessel of
superior force, and after short but sharp engagement they were compelled to sur-
render and were carried into Halifax. "Michael Farley petitions the Council of
Massachusetts, Dec. 20, 1777, that Dr. Whitney, now a prisoner at Halifax, may be
exchanged for Dr. McCullough,a British prisoner, billeted at Ipswich." (Felt's His-
tory of Ipswich.) Dr. Whitney also volunteered as surgeon in Col. Wade's regi-
ment, raised in 1784 to suppress Shay's rebellion. Dr. Whitney removed to Beverly
in 1793, where "his cheerfulness, benevolence and professional skill gave him a
deserved popularity, and at his death he was universally lamented." He died at
Beverly Feb. 22, 1807. Mrs. Eunice Whitney was buried at Beverly. It is said that
Dr. Whitney was among those interested in introducing inoculation for smallpox,
and one and perhaps more of his younger children died from the consequences of
their inoculation, but there seems to be no authority for this story. He d. Feb. 22,
1807; res. Beverly, Mass.

921. viii. Israel, b. Nov. 4, 1797; m. Mary H. Flagg.

Elisha, b. in 1778; d. young.

Michael, b. ; d. young.

Elizabeth, b. Dec. 25, 1782; m. Josiah Page. Ch.: Marianne, b.
1809; d. unm. 1873. She d. 1878.

Susan, b. ; m. Benjamin Lovett. She d. s. p. 1870.

Michael, b. ; m. Nancy Leech and Elizabeth Leech.

Dorothy, b. ; m. Josiah Lovett. Ch.: Horace, d. young.

She d. 1830.

91.5.

916.

917.

iii

918.

iv

919.

v.

(^20.

vi

922.

i.

923.

u.

924.

iii.

925.

iv.

926.

V.

927.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 79

928. vii. Lucv.b. ; m. Nathaniel Lamson. Ch.: Chas. W., Israel W.,

Nathaniel, d. ae. 18.

929. ix. Marianne, b. ; d. young.

930. X. Israel, b. ; d. young.

931. xi. Elisha, b. ; m. Clara Lovett and d. s. p.

334. Salmon Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 8, 1712; m. June
4, 1734, Sarah . He d. Mar. 16, 1759; res. Groton and Littleton, Mass.

932. i. Lois, b. 1744; m. Oct. 3, 1764, Col. Joseph Bellows. He was born

June 6, 1744; died May 3, 1817. Col. Bellows was a farmer in
Lunenburg until 1786, when he moved to Walpole. The promi-
nent traits of his character were refined and elevated feelings;
a deep religious sentiment; generosity in excess, and a warm
sympathy with the distressed. These dispositions, united with
extreme nervous sensibility, so involved him with any one that
asked his assistance, that he suffered some pecuniary loss,
which led to anxiety about the support of his family, and
induced a mental derangement that continued during the last
thirty years of his life. Ch.: Salmon, b. and d. 1765; Salmon,
b. Sept. 9, 1766; m. Lydia Cox; res. Ashtabula, O.; John, b. Jan.
12, 1768; m. Betsey Eames and Anne Langdon; res.. Boston and
Walpole. John, the third son, was the father of Rev. Henry
Whitnev Bellows, who was born in Boston, June 11, 1814, and
died in 'New York, Jan. 30, 1882. He was pastor of All Soul's
church in the latter city for over forty years. Was chosen
president of the U. S. Sanitary Commission of 1861, and directed
the distribution of §15,000,000 in supplies, and 85,000,000 in
money; Benjamin, b. Apr. 7, 1769; m. Lucy Cox; res. Ascott,
Canada; Joseph, b. 1770; m. Deborah Wright and Mary Adams;
res. Walpole; Oliver, b. and d. 1771; Levi, b. Oct. 23, 1772;
res. Rockingham, Vt.; Olive, b. and d. 1774; Abel, b. Jan.
27, 1776; m. Harriett Houghton; res. Montreal and Walpole;
Thomas, b. Mar. 15, 1779; m. Sarah Dana, of Barre, Mass.; res.
Walpole; Susan, b. Aug. 18, 1780; m. Major Jonas Robeson; res.
Fitzwilliam, N. H.; Sarah, b. May 18, 1782; m. Calvin Ripley;
res. Lowell; Louisa, b. May 9, 1785; m. Jacob N. Knapp, of
Walpole, who gr. Harv. Coll. 1802; Polly, b. and d. 1786.

933. ii. Susanna, b. 1749; m. Dec. 6, 1768, Edmund Stone, of Templeton,

Mass.

335. Rev. Aaron Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. in Littleton,
Mass., Mar. 14, 1714; m. July 12, 1739, Alice Baker of Phillipston; b. 1718; d. Aug. 26,
1767; m. 2d Nov. 6, 1768, Mrs. Ruth (Hubbard) Stearns; b. 1716; d. Nov. 1, 1788, dau.
of Jonathan Hubbard, of Lunenburg, and wid. of Rev. David Stearns. Sept. 6, 1738,
the town of Petersham, Mass., voted to "settle an orthodox minister in this place."
Mr. Aaron Whitney was chosen as the minister, and received as a settlement a
proprietor's lot with ^200 in money, and an annual salary of £lbO. The church was
gathered in Oct. 1738, and consisted of fifteen male members. Mr. Whitney was
ordained in December of that year, and preached acceptably to his people until,
when the storm of the approaching revolution was gathering, he espoused the royal
•cause, and in his sermons and prayers inculcated submission to King George III. As
he persisted in this course, at length the popular indignation rose to such a pitch
that the church was rent with dissentions, and public worship was neglected. In
1774 he was dismissed from the parish, but refused to accept his papers, and by vote
of the town, Peter Gore, a half-breed Indian, was stationed at the meeting-house door
-with a musket to keep the Tory preacher from entering. He afterward preached at
bis own house regularly to those who sympathized with the royal cause, and claimed
to be the minister of the town up to the time of Lis death, which occurred in 1779, in
the sixty-sixth year of his age. From the first Rev. Whitney was an uncompromis-
ing Tory. At a town meeting held Dec. 13, 1774, it was voted that the town will not
bargain with or employ the Rev. Mr. Whitney to preach for them any longer. On
the 24th of May of the following year (1775) the town voted unanimously "that it will
not hire the Rev. Mr. Whitney to preach any longer, and that he be dismissed from
any further services as a minister of the gospel in this town." As the pastor was as
determined to preach as the town was opposed to his efforts in that direction, they
chose a committee of ten to see that the public worship on the next Lord's day, and

935.

ii.

936.

iii.

937.

IV.

938.

V.

939.

VI.

80 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

all future worship, be not disturbed by any person or persons going into the desk
but such as shall be authorized and endorsed by the town committee. Aaron's will
is dated July 15, 1779; mentions wife, Ruth, and children, Charles, Aaron, Alice
Mann, Lucy Kendall, Peter, Paul, and Abel. The estate was settled by agreement
of the heirs Nov. 12, 1779. He d. Sept. 8, 1779; res. Petersham, Mass.

934. i. Abel, b. Littleton, Mass., July 7, 1740; d. Mar. 15, 1756, while at

Cambridge attending Harvard University. He was buried in

Cambridge. His epitaph is as follows:

Hie spultus est Abel

Reverendi Aaionis

Whitney Petershamensis

Filius, et Collegii
Harvardini Alumnus; qui
Anno JEias, 16 mo occubuit
Martii 15 mo, A. D. 1756.
Peter, b. Sept. 6, 1744; m. Julia Lambert.
Paul, b. Mar. 23, 1753; m. Charlotte Clapp.
Abel, b. Mar. 15, 1756; m. Clarissa Dwight.
Richard, b. Feb. 23, 1757; prob. d. bef. 1779; not. men. in will.
Aaron, b. Sept. 5, 1746; m. Hannah Stearnes and Hannah Will-
ard.

940. vii. Alice, b. Sept. 23, 1748; m. Aug. 19, 1773, Ensign Mann of Peter-

sham. Ensign Man was a graduate of Harvard and went to
Petersham in 1767 to teach school, having previously taught in
Lancaster. He was a prominent Whig and warmly espoused
the cause of liberty. He was b. July 15, 1740, and d. Dec. 21,
1829; she d. Sept. 20, 1806; res. Petersham, Mass. Ch.: Alice.
b. Apr 10, 1775; m. Thomas Lincoln, and d. July 20, 1805; Lucy,
b. May 9, 1777; d. unm. Feb. 14, 1859; Ensign, b. July 14, 1778;
m. Lydia Filmore, and d. 1810; Thomas, b. May 6, 1780; m.
Esther Stone, and d. 1853; Julianna, b. Mar. 2, 1783; d. unm.
Mar. 22, 1813; Wm., b. Sept. 2, 1784; d. unm. 1861; Samuel, b.
Mar. 21, 1787; m. Sarah Luce, and d. in 1856; Priscilla, b. June
4, 1790; m. Holland Goodnow, and d. July 29, 1836; a son is
A. W.; res. Wellesley, Mass.; Hannah, b. July 30, 1792; m. John
Briggs, and d. Oct. 3, 1865.

941. viii. Lucy, b. Apr. 9, 1751; m. Rev. Dr. Samuel Kendall of New Salem,

Settled in Weston, Mass.

942. ix. Charles, b. May 14, 1742; res. Phillipston, Mass., but d. in Vt.

338. Ephraim Whitney (Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Lunenburg, Mass.,
Mar. 1, 1723; m. Jan. 16, 1745, Jane Bancroft. They were dismissed to the church in
Chesterfield, N. H., in 1781. He d. in Chesterfield; res. Petersham, Mass., and
Chesterfild, N. H.

943. i. Moses, b. Jan. 11, 1747. Moses Whitney was the first of the name

in Rindge, and for some time prior to the Revolutionary war
was a merchant. He moved from New Salem in Jan., 1772.

His wife's name was Sarah , and his children were

Moses, Ephraim, and Salmon.

944. ii. Ephraim, b. Aug. 12, 1749.

945. iii. Molly, b. Sept. 25, 1755.

345. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, July 31,
1724; m. Dec. 19, 1745, Marcy Perry, b. Oct. 8, 1726, in Sudbury; d. Dec. 28, 1828,
age 102 years 2 months and 28 days. He d. Apr. 3, 1818; res. Stow, Mass.

Jacob, b. July 7, 1754; m. Esther Walcott.

Lucy, b. Sept. 29, 1746; m. Whitcomb.

Isaac, b. Feb. 1, 1749; m. Lucy Mead.

Abraham, b. Jan. 7, 1752; m. Mehitable Ware, Sarah Whitman,
Catherine Wood, and Mrs. Sarah Conant Jewell.

Levi, b.* Nov. 80, 1769; d. Nov. 2, 1770.

Ruth, b. Feb. 16, 1762; m. Dec. 1, 1781, Icbabod Stow.

MoLLY,b. Dec. 15, 1764; m. Aug. 26, 1784, Nathan Brooks, of Stow.

Levi, b. June 6, 1767.

Mary, b. Feb. o, 1770.

946.

iv.

947.

948.

949.

iii.

950.

V.

951.

VI.

952.

vn.

953.

viii

954.

IX.

957.

958.

959.

111.

960.

IV.

961.

V.

962.

VI.

968.

Vll.

964.

Vlll

965.

IX.

966.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 81

955. X. Rhoda, b. Nov. 15, 1771.

956. xi. Marcy, b. Apr. 2, 1751; m. Forbush.

350. ToNAS Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, July 2, 1727;
m. Sept. l;i 1750, Zebudah Davis, b. H. Apr. 11, 1728; d. 1806. He was elected one
of the selectmen in 1751. In seating the meeting house in 1775 he was given the
third seat. His will was probated Dec. 6, 1791. Her will was probated Nov. 3, 1806.
He d. Dec. 23, 1791; res. Harvard, Mass.

Merriam, b. Aug. 8, 1752; d. Apr. 30, 1773.

Ephraim, b. Apr. 2, 1754.

Jonas, b. Mar. 3, 1756; m. Relief Holt.

LVDIA, b. Oct. 17, 1757; d. May 1, 1759.

Salmon, b. Feb. 16, 1760; m. Hepsabeth Raymond.

Joel, b. Oct. 15, 1762; m. Lydia Willard.

Israel, b. Jan. 16, 1767; m. Susannah Gerry.

Peter, b. Aug. 17, 1772; went to Me.

Levi, b. June 28, 1751; m. Sarah Laurence and Hepsibeth Fay.

Lucy, b. .

851. Dr. Ephraim Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass.,

Sept. 19, 1728; m. in Petersham, Mass.. Jan. 11,1759, Marcy Winslow, b. ; d. -.

Doctor Whitney was born in Stow, Mass., but resided in Petersham at the time of his
marriage. During the Revolutionary war he was a Tory and on that account was
obliged to flee to the provinces. His property was confiscated by the Massachusetts
authorities and to partially recompense his loss the Crown granted him a township in
Canada called Charlotte. His descendants have a claim there yet, but have not done
anything in relation to it, as it would cost more to substantiate it than the property is
worth. He died in 1801, aged 72. He was an eccentric man; woie his beard the
latter part of his life, and left directions that he should be buried with it unshaven.
He d. July 26, 1801; res. Petersham, Mass.

961'. i. Lemuel, b. Oct. 18, 1764; m. Lydia Bjvant.

968. iii. Richard, b. Feb. 28, 1767; d. Sept. 9, 1815. Hon. Richard Whit-
ney was the third son of Dr. Ephraim and was born in Peters-
ham; he fitted for college and entering Harvard was graduated
in 1787 in the same class with John Quincy Adams. He was a
man of superior talents, and uncommon aptitude for teaching.
He studied law, and entered his profession in Brattleboro, Vt.,
with fair prospects of a brilliant career, but he fell a lamented
victim of a well known destroyer. In 1806 he was elected
Secretary of State of Vermont. He died while undergoing treat-
ment for insanity at Hinsdale, N. H., and is buried there. His
gravestone reads as follows: "Here lies the mortal remains of
Richard Whitney, Counsellor at Law, Brattleboro, Vermont,
who departed this life Sept. 9, 1815; ae. 39 years. Those who
knew him not, may learn from this monumental stone that his
virtues have rendered his memory precious to his bereaved
friends. The sight of it will excite a tender recollection of his
worth in the bosom of those who knew him, and a tear of sincere
regret at his early and untimely departure. Let us humbly hope
he has gone where his virtues will be justly appreciated."

Samuel Winslow, b. Dec. 17, 1769; m. '- ,

John, b. July 1, 1760; m. Hannah Bigelow.
Susanna, b. Aug. 25, 1762.
Ephraim, b. Sept. 9. 1776.
RUFUS, b. July 26, 1781.
Harriott, b. Jan. 1, 1784.

35«L Squire Timothy Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Feb. 1, 1729; m. May 20, 1752, Alice Whitney, of Harvard. They were m. in Har-
vard, he of Lancaster, she of Harvard. She was b. Apr. 13, 1733 (see); d. in June,
1803. He d. June 23, 1803, in H.; res. Harvard and Petersham, Mass.
" ^ Oliver, b. Mar. 10, 1754; d. Dec. 18, 1772.

Abel, b. Sept. 19, 1752; m. ,

Simon, b. June 28, 1756; m. Lucy Hammond.

Relief, b. Feb. 2, 1758; m. Abel Wilder. He was b. Feb. 10,
1758; d. Feb., 1831; a farmer, then a merchant. He was in the

969.

ii.

970.

IV,

971.

V.

972.

VI.

973.

Vll.

974.

Vlll.

975.

11.

976.

i.

977.

111.

978.

IV.

82 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Rev. war and was at Saratoga when Gen. Burgoyne was cap-
tured in 1777. Ch.: Lucy Wilder, b. Oct. 8, 1778; m. Benjamin

Randall; Alice, b. June 15, 1780; m. McClellan; Simon,

b. May 7, 1782; d. abt. 1807, unm.; Abel, b. Sept. 1, 1783; m.
Asenath Smith, of Barre, Jan. 19, 1808; d. 1869; Sally, b. Sept.l,
1784; m. Uriel Smith (my uncle), Dec. 25, 1803; d. at Euclid, O.,
abt. 1845: Nathaniel, b. Nov. 11, 1785; m. Mrs. Mann; d. abt.
1850; Abigail, b. June 21, 1787; d. abt. 1800, unm.; Paul, b. June

28, 1789; m. Katharine ; d. abt. 1855; Lydia, b. Aug. 2,

1791; m. Ephraim Howe; d. early; Relief, b. Oct. 2, 1792; m.
Ephraim Howe, d. 1843; Silas Whitney Wilder, b. May 21,

1795; m. — — , also Lucy Johnson; d. ; Barnabas,

b. Oct. 22, 1796; d. 1816, unm.; Polly, b. Jan. 30, 1799; m. Phin-
eas Wheelock, of Barre, abt. 1820; d. Feb. 7, 1885; one son,
Austin G. Wheelock, res. at Barre, and for some years was post-
master; he resides with his sister; Joel, b. June 27, 1802; m.
Clarinda Cheney; d. Feb. 12, 1872. Abel Wilder (Jr.) was born
at Petersham, Mass., Sept. 1, 1783. He grew up on his father's
farm, a little away from "the common." He was duly baptized
under the "Half-way Covenant." He married Asenath Smith
Jan. 19, 1808. They first made their home at St. Albans, Vt.,
where his brother Paul and brother-in-law, Uriel Smith, also had
emigrated. It was a " new country." There three children
were born. The war of 1812 ruined markets in Vermont, and
so he left in 1813 and came to Verona, Oneida county, N. Y.,
where his wife's father was living with a second wife, three sons,
and two daughters. Here he made his home till 1853, on a
farm of ninety acres. The family increased to ten. All are dead
but Alexander and Judge Barnabas H. Wilder, of Laddonia,
Mo. They were all reared in the Congregational church. He
was first a Federalist, then a "National Republican," Anti-ma-
son, Whig, and Republican. He was chiefly characterized by
promptitude in business, over-cautiousness in financial adven-
ture, great aptitude for traffic. But Wilders, though good
assistants, seldom aspire to lead. In 1853 he removed to Ches-
ter, Geauga Co., O., and made his home with his oldest son till
his death. Abel's son Alexander was an apt scholar; at 14 he
was master of all the common-school branches, and began
Latin, rhetoric, natural philosophy, botany, and chemistry.
Next year he taught, and went to school no more. Since that
he has been his own teacher as well as pupil. He worked at
farming, principally, till 1850, when he became a teacher of
medicine and practicing physician. In 1852 he became associ-
ate editor of the Syracuse Sta?- with Mr. S. Corning Judd, and
two years later he served in the same capacity with Hon.
Andrew Shuman. His political career perhaps now began. In
1854 he became a clerk in the State Department of Public
Instruction, and at the request of the superintendent, Mr. Victor
M. Rice, editor of the NewYorkZ^a^^/', he spent six weeks in 1857
at Springfield, 111., where he drafted the bill to establish the Nor-
mal University. Gen. Hovey tells me that it never requested
an amendment. John A. Logan and Norman B. Judd were its
champions. Returning east, he became a member of the
staff of the Evening Post in 1858, and continued there till 1871.
He was its legislative correspondent, and procured the passage
of three laws incorporating the Eclectic Medical College,
State Medical Society, and the National E. M. Association.
He was the person who was permitted to copy Mr. Lincoln's
letter in 1863 to the Illinois Young Men's Convention, under a
solemn pledge that it should not be printed prematurely, and
Mr. Charles Nordhoff, then editor, violated the promise. In
1871 he was elected alderman of New York on the anti-Tweed
ticket, receiving the largest vote ever given a Republican, and
going out of office poor. Weary of politics and admonished
by two attacks of pneumonia, he made his home in Newark.

979.

V.

980.

VI.

981.

vn.

982.

VI 11

983.

IX.

984.

X.

986.

XI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. ' 83

There he led the life of a student. In 1873 he reluctantly con-
sented to lecture in the Eclectic Medical College of New York,
but relinquished it, disgusted, in 1877, only, however, to take a
chair in the United States Medical College a year later. This
institution was closed by a curious decision of the Court of
Appeals, that a medical college was not a scientific but an
eleemosynary institution. His tastes and aptitudes, however,
are philosophic rather than medical. In 1873 he helped organ-
ize the "American Akademe" at Jacksonville, 111., and edited
the first four volumes of its Journal. Besides this, in 1874 he
edited the treatises by H. M. Westropp and C. Stainland Wake
on Phallicism; of Thomas Taylor on Eleusinian and Bacchic
Mysteries; of Hyde Clark on Serpent and Siva Worship, and
R. Payne Knight on Symbolical Language of Ancient Art and
Mythology. He has also in preparation a History of Medicine,
a Treatise on Ancient Symbolism and Serpent Worship, and a
translation of lamblichos on Mysteries of the Egyptians. He
has printed the following pamphlets: Intermarriage of Kin-
dred; Ganglionic Nervous Systems; Mind, Thought, Cerebra-
tion; Philosophy and Ethics of the Zoroasters; Later Platon-
ists; Paul and Plato; The Soul; Life Eternal; The Resurrec-
tion.

Peter, b. Apr. 20, 1760; m. Mary Blair.

Silas, b. Apr. 29, 1762; m. Mamre Bradley.

Timothy, b. Apr. 22, 1764; m. Lois Baker and Mrs. Smith.

Hezekiah, b. Oct. 14, 1766; m. Mehitable Haven.

Jonathan, b. Sept. 14, 1768; m. Dolly Smith.

Jonas, b. Oct. 21, 1770; m. Mary Noble.

Alice, b. Aug. 3, 1772; m. Simeon Pelton. Ch.: Charlotte, m.
W^alker (Troy), ch., Emily (Mich.), Louisa, and one son; Huldah
m. Sweet(Sandy Hill), ch., boy and girl; Sallie, m. James Lomis
(Southwick, Mass.), four children; Harriet, m. Closes Lomis,
three children; Orpha m. Ives, (Lansingburg), ch., Adeline,
Orpha, Oscar, Chauncey, Adeline, m. Van Schaach (Manluis,
N. Y.)., ch., Orpha, Lydia and others; Lydia, m. Hibbard
(Chicago); Loring m. Polly Hilton, ch., Wallace and Loring;
Wallace had one son; Loring m. Kate Marsh; Kate m. Caruth
(Chicago), d. Apr., 1886, left son and daughter; Edwin m. ; Lucius
and left one child; Timothy m. a Mrs. Searles and res. in Ohio.

Oliver, b. Jan. 18, 1775; d. June 20, 1780.

Paul, b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Dollie Darwin and Lucinda Marsh.

BARNAHAS.b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Harriett Heileman.

353. Moses Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 17, 1733;
m. July 7, 1756, Betty Hutchins; res. Harvard, Mass.

989. i. Betty, b. Dec.9, 17ri6.

990. ii. Bethiah, b. Jan. 22, 1757.

991. iii. Lvcv, b. Oct. 10, 1759.

992. iv. Moses, b. Mar. 18, 1761.

355. Aaron Whitney (Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, July 2, 1740;
m. Dec. 16, 1765, Anna Laurence; d. July 16, 1773; m. 2d, Apr. 21, 1774, Sarah (Sally)
Pollard. During the Revolutionary war he was in the company commanded by Capt.
Burt in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. Aaron Whitney's will of Harvard, yeoman; wife,
Sarah; son, Moses; son, Aaron; son, Abel; dau., Anna Danforth, wife of Benj. Dan-
forth; dau., Sarah Davis, wife of Eleazer Davis. Aaron Whitney, son, exec. May 20,
1817. He d. Apr. 13, 1817; res. Harvard, Mass.

993. i. Anna, b. Nov. 18, 1766; m. June 21, 1803, Benjamin Danforth.

994. ii. Sarah, b. May 23, 1769; m. Apr. 10, 1787, in Harvard, Eleazer

Davis.

995. iii. Moses, b. May 3, 1772; d. Apr. 25, 1773.

996. iv. Moses, b. Oct. 5, 1775; m. Patty .

997. v. Aaron, b. Nov. 7 , 1777; m.Sally Flagg and Mrs. Susan (Hartwell)

Fletcher.

998. vi. Abel, b. Feb. 17, 1786.

986.

xii.

987.

Xlll,

988.

xiv

1002.

i.

1003.

ii.

1004.

111.

1005.

iv.

1006.

V.

1007.

vi.

1008.

vii,

84 WHITNEY GENEALOGY..

368. Isaac Whitney -(Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, May 25, 1747 ;m.
Oct. 13, 1774, Lydia Taylor. He was in the Revolutionary war in the company com-
manded by Capt. Cranston from Stow. In 1779 his age was given as 32; res. Stow,
Mass.

999. i. Esther, b. June 12, 1775.

1000. ii. SoLO.MON, b. Nov. 25, 1776.

1001. iii. Rachel, b. Aug. 25, 1779.

370. Elias Whitney (Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. Rachel
; res. Stow, Mass.

Lydia, b. Nov. 3, 1759.

Hezekiah, b. May 26, 1761; m. Sarah .

Sarah, b. July 11, 1763

Rachel, b. Aug. 10, 1772; d. Aug. 16, 1778.

Amos, b. ; m. Patty Wilder.

Mary A., b. ; m. — Esterbrook.

Elmira, b. ; m. Peter Kisamus.

371. Lemuel Whitney (Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow; ni. Elizabeth

; d. Oct. 16, 1803. He was in the Revolutionary army in the company from

Stow. He d. Mav 6, 1803; res. Stow, Mass.

1009. i. ' Lois, b. June 14, 1761; m. Oliver Houghton.

1010. ii. Lemuel, b. Jan. 25, 1767; m. Dorcas Gates.

1011. iii. Betty, b. Feb. 18, 1773; m. George Maxwell.

1012. iv. Marcy, b. ; m. Peter Houghton.

372. John Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Shirley, Mar. 20, 1725; m.
Feb. 26, 1759, Hannah Sawtell; res. Shirley, Mass.

1013. 1. Salmon, b. June 28, 1759. He served through the Revolutionary

war. He res. in Groton unm. and in 1783, according to probate
court records at Camb., he was deceased and his estate settled
and appraised by Obadiah Sawtell of Shirley, Jonathan Worces-
ter of Groton, and Joshua Longley of Lunenburg.

1014. ii. John, b. Feb. 28, 1761. He was in Capt. Corey's Company, of Col.

Prescott's Regiment, during the Revolutionary war.

374. Ezra Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Aug. 24, 1731; m.

-; res. Shirley, Mass.

1015. i. Son, b. May 17, 1756.

1016. ii. Dau., b. Dec. 18, 1757.

376. Abner Whitney (John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 21, 1734; m. in
Lunenburg, June 21, 1753, Sarah Hilton, b. June 6, 1734, in Boston, moved to L. with
her parents, d. at No. Falmouth, Me., Nov., 1815. He was born probably at a place
called Still River, in or near Groton, Mass. He married June 21, 175H, Sarah Hilton,
Rev. David Stearns officiating at the nuptials. They lived for a few years in Shirley,
which about this time became a district of Groton. At the breaking out of the Revo-
lutionary war Abner enlisted (May 2,1775), in Capt. Corey's company in Col. Wil-
liam Prescott's regiment. After the war he settled in Maine. Died in Falmouth,
Me., Mar. 5, 1802, aged 68; res. Shirley and Deerfield, Mass., and Falmouth, Me.

1017. i. Abner, b. Oct. 22, 1755. He was born in that part of Groton

which was subsequently incorporated as Shirley. His early
manhood began near the beginning of the Revolutionary war
and his service in that struggle dates from the firing of the first
gun at Lexington. He enlisted Apr. 19, 1775, though only 17
years of age, and served through the war until its close, part
of the time under Col. William Prescott. After the war he set-
tled in North Carolina near Pasquatunk river, where he had a
large plantation. He died about 1809, and probably left issue.

1018. ii. Uriel, b. Sept. 11, 1757; m. Lydia Whitmore.

1019. iii. Elijah, b. ; n. f. k.

1020. iv. Beulah B., b. in 1761; m. Jonathan Britton. She d. in 1850 in

Otisfield, Me.

1021. v. Sarah, b. ; m. Jabez Bradbury, a Quaker; d Athens, Me.,.

and left large family.

1022. vi. Amaziah, b. ;-m. Sarah Boynton.

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1023. vii. Samuel, b. in 1759; m. Hannah Thompson.

1024. viii. Barzillai, b. ; was drowned when 11 years ot age.

1025. ix. William, b. in 176-; m. Hannah Briggs, of Buxton, Me.; res.

Standish, Me.

1026. X. Mary, b. Jan. 12, 1774; m. Stephen Howard Horsely, who was

b. Sept. 1, 1772. Mr. Horsely was in the war of 1812, took
part in the battle of Plattsburgh, under General Macomb. He
d. Mar. 3, 1847. She d. Oct. 25, 1850. Ch.: Mary, b. Oct. 21,
1798, in Boston; baptized in the Old South Church, by Joseph
Ecklev, D D.; mar. Jan. 7. 1816, Sewal Prince; d. May 2i, 1875;
William, b. Dec. 17, 1806; d. Jan. 7, 1808; Sally Hilton, b. Dec.
21. 1808: m. 1st, Hiram Hill, 1836; m. 2d, John W. Burke,
1837; d. May, 1887; Beulah Britton, b. Apr. 1, 1811; m. 1826,
John Stokes.

379. Daniel Whitney, (Richard, Richard, Richard, John,) b. Stow, Mass.

Feb. 13, 1720; m. (int.) Fov. 9, 1744, Dorothy Goss, of Lancaster; b. ; d. Oct. 11

1813. He d. in 1782; res. Stow, Mass.

1027. i. Hannah, b. Harvard, Apr. 29, 1746; m. Wetherbee.

1028. ii. Daniel, b. Dec. 11, 1749; m. Sarah Durant.

1029. iii. John, b. Nov. 24, 1747; m. Mary Farnsworth.

1030. iv. Dorothy, b. Dec. 12, 1751; m. (int.) Sept. 10, 1774, Nathan Put-

nam, of Stow.

1031. V. Silas, b. Jan. 13, 1754; d. May 25, 1756.

1032. vi. Ephraim, b. Sept. 29, 1755; m. Sarah Burgess.

1033. vii. Silas, b. Feb. 26, 1758; m. Patience Goodnow.

1034. viii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 4, 1760; m. Apr. 10, 1782, Ebenezer Parks, of

Lincoln.

1035. ix. Katherine, b. Apr. 12, 1763; m. Apr. 23, 1783, Lemuel Wheeler,

of Lincoln.

1036. X. Susannah, b. Oct. 11, 1766; m. Mar. 31, 1784, Stephen Weston, of

Lincoln.

1037. vi. Mary, b. Feb. 9, 1769; m. Mar. 20, 1787, Peter Chapin, of Acton.

381. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow,
Mass., July 31, 1725; m. in Sudbury. Dec. 10, 1747, Mary Perry, of Sudbury. Sept. 2,
1746, Richard Whitney of Stow and wife Hannah in consideration of the love and
affection conveyed to son Richard deed land in Harvard (Vol. 26, p. 75, Worcester
Co. Conveyances). Richard, yeoman, of Harvard, died in 1798. He made bequests
to all except Hannah, who had probably died before that time. James Whitney was
executor. He d. May 4, 1798; res. Harvard, Mass.

1038. i. Jacob, b. Mar. 24, 1748; m. Lois Hapgood and Mary Patch.
Richard, b. Feb. 2, 1752; m. Mercy Willard.

Mary. b. July 3, 1755; m, Dickinson.

Reuben, b. Feb. 21, 1758; m. Lucy Fairbank.

James, b. May 29, 1760; m. Rachel Lawton, Lucy Reed, and Susan

Whitnev.
Hannah, b. Oct. 17, 1763; d. Oct. 14, 1767.
Sarah, b. Feb. 9, 1767; m. July 7, 1785, Levi Worster, of Littleton,

Mass.

383. Gen. Josiah Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. in Stow.
Mass., Oct. 12, 1731; m. (int.) in Stow, Sept. 9, 1751, Sarah Farr, b. Jan. 19, 1735;
d. Harvard, Mass., Apr. 21, 1773; m. 2d in Harvard, Feb. 3, 1774, Sarah Dwelly, of
Bridgewater; d. Whitingham, Vt., Feb. 18,1817.

The citizen of Harvard who held the highest military rank during the Revolu-
tionary war was Col. Josiah Whitney. He was at that time the town's most noted
and influential citizen and the leader of the majority in town politics. He was born
in Stow, the youngest son of Richard and Hannah (Whitcoitib) Whitney, his mother
being a near relative of the veteran military leaders Col. Asa and Gen. John Whit-
comb. Sept. 2, 1746, his parents deeded to him land in Harvard, which he occu-
pied soon after marriage. His dwelling stood nearly opposite the present almshouse
until torn down in 1869, after it had served the town lor forty-five years as a home
for its paupers. He inherited a fondness for military affairs, and when about his
majority he entered upon what later proved a most brilliant military record. In the

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spring of 175o he was a member of the company commanded by Capt. William
Pierce, that marched in Col. Whitcomb's regiment against the French and Indians
at Crown Point. He was in the bloody battle at Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755, where
the gallant Dieskau, leading a large force of French and Indians, was signally
defeated by the undisciplined valor of the \ew England yeomanry led by Gen.
Phineas Lyman. From Aug. 13 to 26, 1757, he was a member of the foot company
commanded by Capt. Israel Taylor that marched on the late alarm for the relief of
Fort William Henry, as far as Springfield. Sept. 26, 1774, the town approved of the
choice of officers of the two military companies. Capt. Josiah Whitney commanded
the youngest company. He was also captain of the company for a few years prior to
the above date. Dec. 19, 1774, the Continental Resolves were read before the town
and they were approved. A committee was appointed to prepare a covenant to be
signed by the inhabitants, in which they further pledged their adherence to indepen-
dency. Josiah Whitney was appointed one of a committee of ten to inspect breaches
of the covenant. April, 1775, the Provincial Congress, convened at Watertown, deter-
mined upon the establishment of an army of thirteen thousand men for the siege of
Boston, expecting the other colonies to come to their assistance with twenty thou-
sand more. Ten companies were to constitute a regiment as heretofore, but the
complement was fixed at fifty-nine privates, two musicians, five corporals, four ser-
geants, one ensign, a lieutenant, and captain. The term of enlistment was for eight
months. Col. Asa Whitcomb, of Lancaster, was authorized to raise a regiment, and
was one of the first to report his command complete. May 25 he announced his
staff, of which Josiah Whitney, of Harvard, was lieutenant colonel. His regiment
had eleven companies, containing five hundred and sixty volunteers. It was the
largest of the twenty-six Massachusetts regiments before Boston. April 10, 1776,
Capt. Josiah Whitney was appointed to take command of a battalion of men raised
by the state. Oct. 29 he was in camp at Hull with his regiment, and in a communi-
cation to the provincial council and house of representatives at Watertown, states,
"though the pay of the state was small, yet my zeal for the liberties of my country
was so great that I cheerfully undertook," etc.

Upon the departure of the Continental army for New York, the Massachusetts
militia was summoned to the defense of the coast. Two regiments were formed in
April, 1776, for the defense of Boston harbor and stationed at Hull. For these the
Continental organization was adopted which fixed the battalion complement at eight
companies of ninety men each. It was one of these regiments that was commanded
by Col. Whitney as stated above.

In July, 1777, the Massachusetts Council of War, suddenly aware of New
England's peril if the victorious progress of Burgoyne was not stayed, hurriedly
sent heavy reinforcements of militia to aid Gen. Benj. Lincoln, who was then harass-
ing the rear of the invading army. Col. Josiah Whitney, on July 27 ordered a draft
of one-sixth of the training bands and alarm lists in his regiment to march at once to
Bennington with six days' rations, and on Aug. 2 ordered one-half of the militia to
follow with eight days' rations. Jan. 13, 1778, he was chairman of a committee which
had been appointed by the town " to take into consideration the Articles of Confedera-
tion and Perpetual Union of the L^nited States of America Concerted on by Congress."
The report urged the representative to use his best efforts to support our indepen-
dency. In Aug. and Sept., 1778, a more determined attempt was made by the Conti-
nental forces to wrest Rhode Island from the enemy, an attack by the combined
forces of the French and Americans, on land and water, being agreed upon. Again a
tempest disarranged well-laid plans ])y driving the French fleet to sea, and the battle
of Quaker's Hill closed with honor an unsuccessful camjiaign. The Second Worcester
Regiment of militia, with its commander, Col. Josiah Whitney, took part in the
operations in Rhode Island. May 23, 1780, the state constitution was submitted to
the freemen, and after being read, paragraph by paragraph, was referred to a com-
mittee of fifteen to carefully consider and report upon. On June 1, the chairman
of the committee, Joseph VVheeler, laid before the town the following proposed
amendments: " 1. That the Delegate from this town be instructed to use his endeavors
that there may be a new convention within the term of fifteen years to consider
what amendments may be needed in the constitution. 21y. That the suspension of
the habeus corpus act shall be confined to the time of war, invasion or rebellion and
not to exceed the term of six months. Sly. To give power to the Governour in the
recess of the General Court to march or transport the Inhabitants of the State for
the relief of a neighboring State invaded or threatened with invasion. Then voted
this amendment be likewise made that the Governour shall be of the Protestant
religion. Then voted to accept the whole of sd. Constitution with the above amend-

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ments — eighty-one for and not one against. Then voted to send two Delegates to
the Convention, one of each denomination. Voted and chose Coll. Josiah Whitney
and Mr. Joseph Stone." At the close of the Revolutionary war he was colonel of the
Second Worcester Regiment, in which the seventh and eleventh companies were
from Harvard. He was made brigadier general in 1783, but resigned the office
before the breaking out of the Shay's insurrection, and as he did not take any active
part in it, some of his enemies accused him of treasonable complicity in the same.
In 1782 the governor appointed him a justice of the peace in and for the county of
Worcester. In 1783-4-7-8-9 he was a member of the board of selectmen, and during
all these years he was one of the most popular moderators at the deliberations of
the town voters.

Gen. Josiah Whitney was the delegate from Harvard to the convention held for
the purpose of ratifying the Federal Constitution, in Boston, Jan. 9, 1788. He voted
with the minority, and was opposed to the constitution. He stated in convention,
however, that though he had been opposed to it, he should support it as much as if
he had voted for it. He was the representative in Legislature, 1780-81-87-88-89. He
had twenty-five children, sixteen by the first marriage and nine by the last, of the
children by the first marriage thirteen died young. He was a prominent member of
the church, and in seating the meeting-house — that is, in assigning the pews — he was
given one of the most prominent in the edifice. Administration on his estate was
granted in the probate court. May 4, 1806. Upon his gravestone is the following:

Erected in memory of

Josiah ^^'hitney Esq

who died Jan 24, 18U6

aged 74 yers. 4 mos 13 days

Cease Dear friends for me to weep,

' For Christ my bed has blest;
Beneath this stone I sweetly sleep
In God's eternal rest.
He d. Ashby, Jan. 24, 1806; res. Stow, Harvard and Ashby, Mass.J

104.5. i. Josiah, b. Feb. 25, 1753; m. Anna Scollay.

1046. ii. Elizabeth, b. May 7, 1755; m. Apr. 28, 1796, Phineas Barnard, b.

. She d. , and he m. her sister, Mrs. Burgess (see);

res. Harvard. Ch.: Levi, b. Oct. 24, 1800, Ephrami.

1047. iii. Stephen, b. May 1, 1757; m. Persis Locke.

1048. iv. Sarah, b. Apr. 11, 1775; m. Dec. 14, 1791, Laomi Burgess, b. Mar.

1, 1770; m. 2d, Sept. 27, 1827, Phinehas Barnard, of Harvard.
She d. May 23, 1860. Ch.: Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1792; Josiah, b. Dec.
14, 1793; Emery, b. June 22, 1795; Susana. b. Sept. 27, 1798; Ma-
randa, b. Mar. 29, 1801; Rachel, b. June 4, 1803; Laomi, b. Sept.
6, 180.5, Sarah, b. Aug. 29, 1807; Benj. Franklin, b. Jan. 23, 1810;
Dwelly Whitney, b. julv 26, 1812, Adeline, b. Aug. 8. 1814, Chas.
Wesley, b. Jan. 11, 1817; Baldwin Bradford, b. Oct. 7, 1819.

1049. V. Oliver, b. Jan. 9, 1777. Is reported to have died at sea.

1050. vi. Artemas Ward, b. Nov. 17, 1778. Same report as Oliver.

1051. vii. Dwellv, b. Aug. 2, 1782. Same report as Oliver.

1052. viii. Susanna, b. Oct. 2, 1780; m. Nov. 8, 1803, John Adams, of Ashburn-

ham..and had 12 ch.;d. No. Adams, Mass., May 5, 1866. He was
b. Mar. 9, 1780; he is buried in Guilford, \'t. Ch.: Susan Adams
Boyden, b. Aug. 26, 1804; d. Apr. 18, 1884; .Mary Adams Lvons,
b. Apr. 12, 1806; d. Feb. 1, 1846; John Adams, b. Feb. 17, 1808;
d. Aug. 26, 1869; Miranda Adams Burnap, b. Jan. 26, 1810; d.
Sept. 19, 1892; Francis Porter Adams, b. Dec. 13, 1812; d. May
26, 1883; Artemas Whitney, b. Jan. 3, 1814; living in Ann Arbor,
Mich.; ae. 79; Sarah Adams Childs, b. Feb. 23, 1816; d. Oct. 12,
1850; Luceba Adams Prouty, b. Apr. 13, 1818; d. July, 1844;
Henry Lee Adams, b. Feb. 8, 1820; d. Dec. 30, 1865'; William
Barney Adams, b. July 10, 1822; d. Jan. 24, 1831; Caroline Amelia
Adams Doane, b. Mar. 20, 1826; living in No. Adams, Mass; 66
years old. She has the photographsof four of Gen. Whitney's chil-
dren— namely, her mother, Susannah Whitney, who lived to
the age of 85 years; Sarah Whitney Barnard, who lived to be 86

IGen. WLitney Lad 25 children, but the others died in iufaucy.

1053.

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X.

1055.

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1056.

Xll.

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Xlll.

1058a.

XIV.

1059a.

XV.

1060a.

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years; Daniel Whitney, who lived to be 85 years; Moses Gill
Whitney, youngest child of Gen. Whitney, age 85.

Lemuel, b. Sept. 19, 1784; m. Elizabeth Hall.

Daniel, b. Oct. 25, 1786; m. Hannah Shedd.

John Hancock, b. Dec. 13, 1788; m. and res. Cazenovia, N. Y.

Moses Gill, b. Feb. 4, 1791; m. Ann Shields.

Infant, d. Feb., 1766.

Infant, d. Feb. 18, 1768.

Infant, d. Mar. 16, 1763.

Infant, d. May 10, 1762.

Infant, d. June 4, 1761.

885. Dea. Oliver Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Lancaster
July 22, 1731; m. Nov. 16, 1752, Abigail Hutchins; d. Oct., 1804. Mary Wilder, wid.
of John, of Lancaster, executrix of Abigail's will.

Deacon Oliver was a farmer in Harvard; his will is dated Feb. 1, 1801-2; he
leaves estate to wife Abigail, brothers Caleb and Hezekiah, and Simon and Jonathan;
and sisters Betsey, wife of Phinehas Wetherbee; Alice, wife of Timothy Whitney;
Rhumah, wife of Abel Davis. Israel Whitney, of Harvard, was executor. He served
in the Revolutionary war. He d. s. p. Apr., 1802; res. Harvard, Mass.

386. Caleb Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Lancaster, Oct.
4, 1729; m. Nov. 16, 1749, Annes Church, b. July 7, 1731. His will was probated May
1, 1822, of Sterling, and his son Jonathan was appointed executor. Mentions wife
Annes, dau. Elizabeth Pierce, son Joshua, son Joseph, dau. Annis Holman, son
Hezekiah, and son Jonathan. He d. 1822; res. Harvard, Shutesbury and Sterling,
Mass.

Elizabeth, b. Harvard June 27, 1751; m. Pierce.

Caleb, b. June 23, 1753; d. young.

Joshua, b. Feb. 18, 1754; m. Vashti Knight.

Annes, b. May 9, 1756; d. Jan. 31, 1758.

Caleb, b. June 23, 1758; d. in the Revolutionary army Dec. 10,

1777. He was in a Lancaster company.
Joseph, b. July 9, 1760.
Annis, b. in Shutesbury, June 20, 1763; m. Dec, 1796, Seth Has-

kins; m. 2d, Holman.

Hezekiah, b. Shutesbury, Aug. 16, 1766.
Jonathan, b. in S., Sept. 8, 1768; m. Lucy Wheeler.
Lucy, b. Sept. 25, 1770; d. Feb. 7, 1771, in Lancaster.
Joshua, b. Jan. 4, 1750; d. Jan. 24, 1750.
Lucy, b. Shutesbury, April 20, 1765; d. May 16, 1765.

387. Capt. Hezekiah Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, Apr. 14, 1735; m. Lydia — ; m. 2d, May 5, 1774, Lucy Pollard.

Capt. Hezekiah Whitney was born in Harvard, where he always resided and fol-
lowed agricultural pursuits all his life. He early in life showed a decided taste for
military affairs, and before his majority was a leading member of one of the local
companies. In 1757 he was a member of Capt. Taylor's company of foot in Col.
Wilder's regiment that marched on the late alarm to the relief of Fort William
Henry as far as Springfield, Aug. 13 to 26. In 1774 he was sergeant of the "youngest
company" in Harvard. At the Lexington alarm, Apr. 19, 1775, he was sergeant in
Capt. Burt's company in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. , After the battle of Lexington,
in 1776, he was captain of the Harvard company in Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment.
He held various town offices, was highly esteemed, member of the church and in
seating the meeting house, in 1775, was given the third seat below.

"Hezekiah Whitney's inventory, late of Harvard. Appraised at Harvard Nov. 4,
1805. Hezekiah Whitney's advertisement for sale of his real estate, late of Harvard,
will be sold at public auction on Monday, Sept. 15, 1806. Hezekiah Whitney's
widow's dower. A committee appointed to set off one-third part of estate of Hezekiah
Whitney, late of Harvard, to Lucy the widow, Sept. 15, 1806." He d. July 23, 1805;
res. Harvard, Mass.

Mary, b. June 1, 1756.

Jonathan, b. Mar. 4, 1775; d. May 5, 1776.

Lucy, b. June 30, 1777.

Alice, b. July 29, 1780,

Levi, b. Aug. 30, 1786.

Jonathan, b. May 20, 1782.

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1058.

1059.

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1061.

V.

1062.

vi.

1063.

Vll.

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1065.

IX.

1066.

X.

1067.

XI.

1068.

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1069.

i.

1070.

11.

1071.

111.

1072.

IV.

1073.

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388. Simon Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mar. 20,

1719; m. Olive , b. 1723, d. Aug. 8, 1767; m. 2d, May 6, 1768, Patience Hasel-

tine. He was a farmer. Was elected to town offices. Was selectman 1767-68. Was
a member of the church, and in 1766 was elected deacon, but declined the honor. In
1775 in seating the meeting house he was given the second seat below. Will dated
Sept. 3, 1774. Abel Whitcomb returned receipts of Simon's estate Feb. 12, 1782. He
d. May 26, 1778; res. Harvard, Mass.

1076. i. Wetherbee, b. May 3, 1746; m. Abigail Warner.

1076. ii. Rachel, b. Jan. 5, 1748; d. Dec. 16, 1766.

1077. iii. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1750; m. Taylor.

1078. iv. Silas, b. Oct. 6, 1751.

1079. v. Lois, b. July 28, 1753; d. July 17, 1756.

1080. vi. Alice, b. May 26, 1755.

1081. vii. Judah, b. May 15, 1757; d. May 22, 1761.

1082. viii. Lois, b. Mar. 30, 1759; d. Feb. 26, 1772.

1083. ix. Judah, b. June 16, 1761; m. .

1084. X. Lucy, b. Oct. 7, 1765; d. Oct. 19, 1764.

1085. xi. Simon, b. Jan. 17, 1767; d. Dec. 18, 1767.

1086. xii. Simon, b. Mar. 17, 1770; m. Mary Welch.

1087. xiii. Reuben, b. ; m. .

1088. xiv. Patience, b. —; m. William Willard, Jr.

1089. XV. Hannah, b. ; m. Priest.

1090. xvi. Amy, b. ; m. Draper.

389. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow; m. Nov.
27, 1746, Sarah Holt; d. Oct. 29, 1769. In seating the meetmg house he was given ye
second seat on ye side. Oliver was appointed admr. of his father's estate Apr. 30,
1770; inventory was made Mar. 28, 1771. He d. Jan. 20, 1770; res. Harvard, Mass.

1091. i. Phinehas, b. July 3, 1747; m. Keziah Farnsworth.

1092. ii. Jonathan, b. July 1, 1749; d. Oct. 27, 1756.

1093. iii. Sarah, b. Aug. 5, 1751.

1094. iv. Relief, b. May 21, 1754; d. Oct. 15, 1756.

1095. v. Hannah, b. Mar. 24, 1756; d. Oct. 26, 1756.

1096. vi. Relief, b. Nov. 13, 1758; m. .

1097. vii. ANNES,b. Feb. 25, 1761; d. June 1,1761.

1098. viii. Oliver, d. Mar. 29, 1763.

1099. ix. Abigail, b. Jan. 29, 1763; m. Nov. 17, 1789, Benjamin Hoar, of

Littleton.

1100. X. Annes, b. Mar. 30, 1765; d. Jan. 23, 1768.

1101. xi. Rachel, b. Sept. 19, 1767; m. Nov. 7, 1793, Salmon Willard.

1102. xii. Levi, b. June 12, 1757; d. bef. 1771.

398. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Richard, Richard, John), b. Aug. 27, 1747, in

Stow; m. Marcy ; she m. 2d Oliver Wyman. His will is dated 1771, and

besides mentioning the following children, says, "other heirs, Silas Taylor, Nehe-
miah Batchellor, and Marcy Hosmer." He d. 1771; res. Stow and Boxboro, Mass.

1103. i. Eliphlet, b. Feb. 24, 1764; m. Mar. 20, 1783, Sarah Tenny, of

Littleton.
Lois, b. Jan. 16, 1766; m. Eliphalet Mace.
Mary, b. Oct. 13, 1767.
Joshua, b. Jan. 11, 1769, Lunenburg, Mass.
Susanna, b. Apr. 14, 1770.

400. Zachariah Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret,
Conn., Oct. 27, 1732; m. Sarah Stanton, b. 1738; d. Aug. 3, 1809.

Zachariah Whitney was born in Conn, where he resided until 1765. While
residing in Mansfield, Windham Co., Conn., he purchased of persons in Pomfret,
Conn., at various times, as per deeds in possession of his great-grandson, Alvin E.
Whitney, of Beachmont, Revere, Mass., lands in the district of Montague, in the
township of Sunderland, Mass., as it was then. Later it was incorporated as a sepa-
rate township. He was a farmer and one of the pioneers of that part of western
Mass. He d. Sept. 26, 1808; res. Mansfield, Conn., and Montague, Mass.

1108. i. Ebenezer, b. May 28, 1762; m. Rachel Perne Rawsonand Lovina

Burnham Potter.

1109. ii. Zachariah, b. Aug. 11, 1764; m. and rem. to Delhi, N. Y.

1110. iii. Abigail, b. Sept. 13, 1776; m. Noah Barnes. She d. Nov. 8, 1796.
7

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1111. iv. Irene, b. June 26, 1778; d. Sept. 29, 1779.

1112. V. Isaac, b. Feb. 27, 1772; d. Sept. 26, 1777.

1113. vi. Olive, b. Dec. 14, 1777; m. Rufus Scott.

402. Aaron Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Nov. 1, 1737; m. there, Feb. 1, 1759, Mary Peck; res. Pomfret, Conn.

1114. i. Moses, b. Sept. 30, 1762.

404. Joseph Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Nov. 5, 1743; m. there, June 15, 1780, Mary Lyon; res. Pomfret, Conn.

1115. i. Joseph, b. Mar. 9, 1781.

1116. ii. ARMiNDA,b. June 29, 1783.

1117. iii. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1785.

1118. iv. Rebeccah, b. July 12, 1790.

408. EzEKiEL Whitney (Ezekiel. Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret, Conn.,
Oct. 22, 1729; m. at Plainfield, Mar. 7, 1757, Elizabeth Knight; m. 2d Feb., 1770,
Deborah Tryal; m. 3d Sept. 3, 1772, Desire Landers. He d. Feb., 1814; res. Plain-
field, Conn.

Ezekiel, b. May 15, 1758; m. Phebe Hoyt.

Lucy, b. Dec. 31, 1761; d. Oct. 10, 1767.

Asa, b. Oct. 8, 1763.

Ebenezer, b. Mar. 20, 1767.

RiSKCUM, b. July 28, 1769; d. Jan. 16, 1771.

409. Ebenezer Whitney (Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Pomfret,

Conn., Oct. 22, 1729; m. . After his marriage he located in Worcester,

Mass., where he afterward resided. Being in Boston he was empressed on a British
ship. For seven years he had no communication with his family, nor did he set his
foot on land. When he escaped it was with broken health and to find his wife mar-
ried again; he left her undisturbed, went to his father's (?) and died in eighteen months.
He had two children.

1123a. i. Ebenezer, b. in 1759; m. Martha Gates.
1124a. ii. Dau, b. ; d. young.

416. Samuel Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, July 22,
1714; m. Grace . He d. Oct., 1748; for on 31st of that month his will was pro-
bated; res. Stow, Mass.

1124. i. Jemima, b. Dec. 10, 1745.

417. David Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mass., Oct.

4, 1722; m. in Harvard, Aug. 25, 1747, Olive Sawyer, b. Lancaster, 1726; d. ;

m. (int. Oct. 25) Nov. 25, 1755, in Lancaster, Mrs. Sarah (Wilder) (Rugg) Hill, of
Lancaster; d. Oct. 16, 1800.

He was a prominent resident in Harvard; was a farmer and member of the
church. In seating the meeting-house he was given the fifth seat. When the Revo-
lutionary war broke out he was a member of the Harvard Minute men, commanded
by Capt. Davis, and marched to Cambridge on the Lexington Alarm, Apr. 19, 1775,
in Col. Whitcomb's regiment. In July, 1777, he was in Capt. Hezekiah Whitney's
company and Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment. Mr. Enoch Hill and Mrs. Sarah
Rugg were married m Lancaster, Oct. 24, 1752. They had one child, Anna, b. May
25, 1753, posthumous, for the father, Enoch, died Dec. 11, 1752. Aug. 3, 1761, accord-
ing to the Worcester probate records, David and Sarah Whitney, of Harvard, late
widow of said deceased Enoch Hill, " Do hereby resign our rights to Anna Hill only
child of said deceased by said Sarah." He d. in 1790; res. Harvard, Mass.

1126. i. Enoch, b. Sept. 25, 1756; m. Hannah .

1126. ii. Isaac, b. Nov. 27, 1761; m. Susanna Fletcher.

418. Joseph Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. in Stow, Mass.,
1716; m. in Harvard, Mass., Aug. 7, 1744, Hannah (Sanborn) Chandler, b. in 1727; d.
Apr. 2, 1788.

He was born in Stow, Mass., where his ancestors had been among the earliest
settlers. His marriage was solemnized in Harvard, in which town her parents
resided, and is one of the first to be found on the record of marriages. Soon after
his marriage he moved to a farm in Hampshire county and in the will of a relative he
is referred to as " Joseph Whitney, of Roadstown, Hampshire Co." In Feb., 1780, he
resided north of Deerfield river in the northwest part of Shelburne. He was a

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 91

respectable farmer in that town, was a member of the church and died there. His
wife was admitted to the church by letter. He d. Apr. 7, 1796, ae. 80; res. Shelburne,
Alass

"ll27. i. Hannah, b. Aug. 26, 1764; d. May 24, 1768.

1128. ii. Joseph, b. Feb. 28, 1748; m. Abigail Barnard.

1129. iii. Anna, b. June 17, 1759; m. Moses Cfiandler, b. Oct. 25, 1759; d. Aug.

24, 1821. Shed. Nov. 23, 1842; res. Shelburne, Mass. Ch.:
Louis;m. Elisha Edwards; Cynthia, b. July 21, 1788; d. June 9,
1859; Electa, b. Mar. 4, 178-; m. Jan. 24, 1814, Thomas Goodnow;
William, b. May 2, 1794; d. Sept. 1, 1794; Hannah, b. Sept. 12,
1795; m. Amasa Shumway; res. Whitingham, \'t.; Amy, b. Nov.,
1797; m. Danforth Johnson, of Coleraine.

1130. iv. Molly, b. Apr. 7, 1755; m. Ephraim Barrows, of Shutesbury, 6 ch.

1131. v. Lucy, b. Mar. 20, 1762; m. Martin Seaverance, of Shelburne, Nov.,

15, 1781. He d. Dec. 29. 1843. She d. Jan. 10, 1844, 6 ch.
1132a. vi. Moses, b. Apr. 19, 1746; d. Oct. 25, 1756.
1133a. vii. David, b. Aug. 23. 1751; d. Sept. 27, 1756.
1134a. vili. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 30. 1753; d. Sept. 26, 1756.

r

1133.

i.

1134.

11.

1135.

lii.

1136.

iv.

1135a IX. Hannah, b. June 1, 1757; d. July 24, 1757

423. David Whitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. June 21, 1717; m.

1737, Mercy ; res. Brookfield, Mass.

1132. i. Silas, b. 1737; m. Jane Pearson.

425. Solomon Whitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 20, 1721;
m. Oct. 5, 1749, Elizabeth Smith. She m. soon after 1758, Ithamer Goodnough. The
inventory of Solomon's estate was taken Apr. 18, 1758; res. Marlboro and Petersham,
Mass.

Miriam, b. July 31, 1751.

Benjamin, b. June 10, 1753; m. .

Job, b. June 25, 1755.

Sarah, b. Aug. 11, 1757.

433. Samuel W^hitney (Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Marlboro, Mass.,
Sept. 5, 1734; m. Oct. 20, 1757, Abigail Cutler, b. Mar. 24, 1735, d. July 2, 1813. He
resided in Concord from 1767 to i777. Was delegate from C. to the first provincial
Congress so called in 1775, and was a leading member of the town committees of
safety, correspondence and inspection. When Concord had raised two hundred
men he was appointed muster master, was a participant in the engagement incident
to the battles of Concord and Lexington, and at that time had a large amount of the
public stores in his dwelling. Mrs. Whitney use to relate that on the day of the
" Concord fight," she was being conveyed out of the way of danger with several of
her children, when a bullet passed through the carriage, grazing the head of one of
the boys. He removed to Castine about 1791, the year of its incorporation, where he
successfully conducted many important enterprises and accumulated a handsome
fortune. He was a man of great integrity of character, and of an enterprising spirit,
but is represented to have been of a restless disposition. He was of fine personal
appearance, of large size, and dignified in his bearing. His mind was of a thoughtful
cast and he cultivated a taste for literature, accumulating for the day quite a valu-
able library. In politics he was a federalist. He d. IVIay 29, 1808; res. Concord,
Mass., and Castine, Me.

Samuel, b. July 15, 1759; d. unm , 1783.
David, b. Aug. 14, 1761; m. Betsey Darby.
Benjamin, b. Apr. 11, 1763; d. unm., 1784.

Anna, b. July 30, 1764; m.Sept. 13, 1787, James Adams of Antigua,
W. I., where she died in 1788.
1141. V. George, b. Sept. 22, 1765; m. and left one dau. Abigail, who m.
Dudley Tyler, and he d. leaving two sons. She m. 2d a Mr.
Brown. She d. Marietta, Ohio, in 182L
James, b. Dec. 1, 1766; d. unm. Jamaica, W. I., unm. in 1796.
Abigail, b. Apr. 22, 1768; d. unm. at Castine, June 4, 1808.
Lydia. b. June 19. 1769; d. in infancy.
Samuel Austin, b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. Ruth Perkins.
Joseph, b. Sept. 19, 1771; m. Sally Collins, Catherine Smith, and
Mrs. Catherine Whitney.
1147. xi. William, b. Nov. 13, 1772; d. Charlestown S. C, unm., in 1809.

1137.

1138.

ii.

1139.

iii.

1140.

IV.

1142.

vi.

1143.

vii.

1144.

viii

1145.

IX.

1146.

X.

92 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1148. xii. John, b. Dec. 19, 1773; d. Jamaica in 1803.

1149. xiii. Cyrus, b. Dec. 24, 1774; m. Mary Brewer.

1150. xiv. Sarah, b. Feb. 2, 1776; m. May 5, 1808, David Howe of Castine.

She d. Nov. 16, 1857, leaving Abigail W., David, Joseph, Sarah
Ann, Rebecca.

1151. xvii. Henry, b. Jan. 29, 1783; m. Lucy Perkins.

1152. XV. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1777; d. young.

1153. xvi. Ebenezer, b. Mar. 17, 1780; m. Bathsheba T. Heston.

435. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Mar. 6, 1723;
m. Jan. 22, 1752, Tabitha Barnett, of Holden. He was a farmer; resided in Stow.
May 18, 1777, they moved to Conway, Mass., and united with the Cong, church there
and ever after resided in that town. He d. in Conway, Mass., Oct. 28, 1801; res.
Stow and Conway, Mass.

1154. i. Aaron, b. July 31, 1752; m. .

1155. ii. Persis, b. Aug. 22, 1754; d. Oct. 2, 1754.

1156. iii. Meriam, b. Aug. 25, 1755.

1157. iv. Asaph, b. Apr. 29, 1759.

437. Jeremiah Whitney (Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Apr. 1,
1729; m. Elizabeth , d. Apr. 24, 1754; m. 2d 1755, Azubah . The wit-
nesses to Jeremiah's will were Solomon Taylor and James Whitcomb. In 1765 Joel
chose Jeremiah Holman, of Bolton, his guardian. He d. in 1761; res. Stow, Mass.

1158. i. Joel, b. Jan. 8, 1750.

1159. ii. Sarah, b. Apr. 3, 1752.

1160. iii. Jeremiah, b. Apr. 18, 1754. He was second lieut. in a Worcester

county company in Revolutionary war.

1161. iv. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 28, 1756.

1162. v. Ithamer, b. Dec. 29, 1758; of Cheshire Co., N. H.; was in Col.

Samuel Ashley's regt. in Revolutionary army Nov. 16, 1776, and
marched to reinforce Gen. Gates at Ticonderoga, in 26 days.

1163. vi. Abel, b. Apr. 22, 1760; d. Apr. 23, 1760.

441. Thomas Whitney (Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Sept. 2, 1722; m.
Feb. 24, 1753, Anna Gould; d. Aug. 10, 1812. Thomas Whitney was an early resident
of Westboro. With his wife they moved to Shrewsbury, where he was admitted to
the church in 1784. He died in Westboro. While living in Shrewsbury they
resided in that part called " The Shoe." He was in the Shrewsbury company in the
Revolutionary war. Thomas Whitney's inventory, late of Westboro. Appraised
June 3, 1806. Thomas Whitney's adm. acct. The account cf Jonah Whitney, admin-
istrator on the estate of Thomas Whitney, late of Westboro, deceased. The said
accountant charges himself with the personal estate of the deceased, amounting, as
per inventory, July 1, 1806. He d. Apr. 25, 1806; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro,
Mass.

1164. i. Timothy, b. Nov. 29, 1753; m. Phebe Reed.

1165. ii. Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1756; m. Feb. 28, 1780, Jonas Hemenway; b.

Dec. 13, 1758; d. Mar. 12, 1827. She d. Sept. 8, 1827; res.
Shrewsbury, Mass. Ch.: Lucy, b. May 8, 1780; m. May 8, 1800,
Asahel Allen; Irene, b. July 23, 1784; m. Jan. 1, 1804, Noah
Allen.

1166. iii. Elijah, b. Apr. 21, 1761; m. Mindwell Hardy.

1167. iv. Anna, b. May 24, 1764; m. 1783, Silas Wheelock; b. May 10, 1759.

He d. Feb. 24, 1842. She died one day previous. Res. Shrews-
bury. Ch.: Silas, b. May 12, 1784; Thomas, b. July 9, 1786;
m. Sarah N. Fairbank, of Grafton; Elizabeth, b. Mar. 12, 1789;
m. Elijah Harrington, Jr.; Anna, b. June 18, 1791; m. Ezra Phelps;
Lucy, b. Nov. 15, 1793; m. Dr. Stephen Cutler, of Grafton;
Edward F., b. Aug. 22, 1796; m. Hannah Warren; Zadock P.,
b. Mar. 21, 1799; d. infancy; Mary Williams, b. May 6, 1800;
m. James Wheeler; Hannah, b. May 21, 1803; m. John French;
Rinda, b. Mar. 17, 1805; m. Willard Warren, of Grafton.

1168. v. John Smith, b. Dec. 4, 1788; m. Susanna Knowlton.

1169. vi. Jonah, b. Aug. 25, 1771; m. Anna Rider,

447. Samuel Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 2, 1746; m.
Nov. 5, 1776, Levinah Bigelow, b. Feb. 1, 1756. He was in the Revolutionary war in
the Westboro company; res. Westboro, Mass., and Alstead, N. H.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 93

1170. i. Martha, b. ; m. Nov. 21, 1811, Jacob Earle, b. Mar. 8, 1776,

in Paxton, Mass. Ch.: Clarisa S., b. July 6, 1812; m. Jan. 10,
1838, Nathan L. Doolittle; Phebe W., b. Nov. 3, 1814; m. John
W. Bradbury; Charlotte L., b. Dec. 23, 1816; m. Henry T.
Clark; Jacob F., b. Jan. 7, 1819; m. Sarah Sherman; Sophia B.,
b. Apr. 9, 1821; m. Nelson A. Holton; res. Paxton, Mass., and
Mt. Holly, N. Y.

449. Alexander Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. July 2, 1751;
m. July 10, 1776, Lois Carroll; d. Henniker, N. H. He served m the Revolutionary
war in the Westboro company, commanded by Capt. Wheelock. He d. in Henniker,
N. H.; res. Hopkinton, Mass., and Henniker, N. H.

1171. i. Eleazer, b. Dec. 5, 1777; m. Alice Peabody.

1172. ii. Molly, b. May 21, 1779; m. 1799, John Connor. He was a cele-

brated teacher of vocal music, b. Sept. 28, 1779; d. Mar. 8, 1862.
She d. Dec. 15, 1858. Ch.: Sophronia, b. Jan. 4, 1800; m. Paul
Ray; Susannah, b. June 22, 1802; m. A. K. Hoyt, of Troy, N. Y;
Cvnthia, b. Sept. 30, 1805; m. Ezra Eastman.

1173. iii. Lois, b. Mar. 3, 1781; d. Dec. 31,1862.

1174. iv. Hannah, b. Jan. 13, 1783; m. Apr. 26, 1808, Abel Connor, b. Nov.

23, 1782. He was often in public life, and foremost in every
good work. He d. Oct. 20, 1854. She d. Nov. 23, 1828. Ch.:
Hannah, b. Jan. 18, 1809; d. Feb. 9, 1809; John T., b. Dec. 9,
1809; d. June 20, 1816; Liva, b. June 26, 1811; m. Solomon Heath,
of Bow; Eliza, b. Apr. 25,1813;" d. Sept. 18, 1838; Alexander W.,
b. Feb. 6, 1815; m. Harriet Spofford; Alvira, b. Jan. 8, 1817; m.
John M. Foss, of Hopkinton; Eunice C, b. Nov. 28, 1818; m.
G. P. Leach; m. DeWitt Jones; John K., b. June 6, 1820; m.
Mary J. Darling; Hannah "C, b. Mar. 11, 1822; m. P. C. Flan-
ders; Abel D. L. F., b. Apr. 16, 1824; m. Louisa Bacon and
Lucy S. Goodell.

1174X-V. Sarah, b. Nov. 22, 1785; m. Perry, of Newport, and had one

son, Ruel Fisher.

1174>^.vi. Phebe, b. 1787; m. Thomas M. Davis; a gr. dau., Mrs. Lewis Han-
son, res. West Henniker, N. H.

1175. vii. Alexander, b. Dec. 5, 1789; m. Lydia Foster.

1176. viii. Stephen, b. June 10, 1792; m. Sarah Bailey.

1177. ix. Cynthia, b. ; d. Apr. 28, 1816.

450. Sergt. Joshua Whitney (Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Apr. 26,
1754; m. Nov. 12, 1777, Betty Wood. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and
was at one time, in the early part of the war, a member of the company commanded
by Capt. Kimball, of Grafton, Mass. Moving to New Hampshire, he enlisted, Aug.
6, 1778, in Capt. Bowman's company, under Gen. Sullivan, and was in the service in
Rhode Island, and granted a pension, Mar. 4, 1831, for having been a soldier in
the Mass. line of the Continental Army. He d. Feb. 2, 1835; res. Henniker, N. H.

Samuel, b. June 17, 1779; d. July 6, 1779.

Luther, b. July 25, 1780; m. Hannah Gordon and Nabby Wood.

Levi, b. May 25, 1783; d. Oct. 16, 1785.

Stephen, b. Oct. 15, 1785; d. May 24, 1789.

John, b. July 23, 1787; m. Lucy Chamberlain.

Silas, b. Mar. 30, 1791; m. Sally Butler.

Betsey, b. June 12, 1794; d. unm.

454. Aaron Whitney (Elnathan, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Waltham, Mass.,

July 15, 1734; m. Margaret ; res. Roxbury, Uxbridge (1762) and Upton (1766),

Mass.

1205. i. Molly.

1206. ii. Hannah, b. Uxbridge, Sept. 28, 1760.

1207. iii. Samuel, b. Uxbridge, May 23, 1764.

457. Elnathan Whitney (Elnathan, Eleazer, Thomas. John), b. Mar. 28, 1741,
in Waltham; m. in Manchester, Mass., Mar., 1785, Lucy Allen; b. in 1751; d. Dec.
29, 1829, in Goffstown, N. H.

He was born in Waltham and during the Revolutionary war was in the Newton,

1198.

1199.

ii.

1200.

in.

1201.

iv.

1202.

v.

1203.

vi.

1204.

Vll.

94 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Mass., company,* and also served under Capt. Barnard in the Watertown company;
subsequently he resided in Manchester, Mass. In 1789 he moved to Goffstown.
N. H., where he purchased a farm of Gen. John Stark, who had previously purchased
it of Abram Outhout, of Albany, N. Y. It then comprised 500 acres, and the sum

f)aid for it was ^255 lawful money. Mr. Whitney was a baker by trade, but he never
ollowed it after moving to Goffstown. He d. June 4, ls20; res. Manchester, Mass.,
and Goffstown, N. H.

1208. i. Betsey, b. Aug. 21, 1786; m. 1810, Joseph Poore; b. Feb. 23,

1787. She d. Apr. 20, 1843; res. Goffstown Centre, N. H. He d.
Dec. 18, 1863. Ch.: George, b. 1812; m. Phebe Russell; Mary
L., b.l81o; d. June 6, 1818; Harriett J., b. Apr., 1818; d. Nov. 13,
1843; Joseph J., b. Mar. 11, 1820; m. Lucy Whitney Martin;
Martha Ann, b. Aug. 3, 1822; d. June 23, 1874. A gr. son is Wm.
H. Poore at G. C.

1209. ii. Polly, b. ; m. Caleb Martin. Ch.: Lucy W., b. ; m.

Joseph J. Poore; Caleb K., b. ; res. Jeffrey, N. H.

1210. iii. Elnathan, b. Apr. 4, 1791; m. Lydia Stickney.

1211. iv. Lydia, b.— ; m. Isaac Flanders. Ch.: Gideon, b. ; res.

Manchester, N. H.

469. Sergt. Jacob Whitney (Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury, Feb.
24, 1737; m. Nov. 15, 1759, Rachel Whiting. During the Revolutionary war he was
sergt. in that company commanded by Capt. Corey from Roxbury. He d. Jan. 14,
1803; res. West Roxbury, Mass.

1212. vi. Moses, b. Jan. 2, 1775; m. Rebecca Dunbar and Mrs. Mary P.

Kittredge.

1213. i. Pruden'CE, b. July 25, 1760; m. at Roxbury, Mass., Lewis Jones,

b. 1757; d. 1830. Ch.: Hannah Jones, dec'd; m. Eliphaz Clapp,
dec'd; 3 ch., Lewis C, George C, Edwin C, all dec'd; Pru-
dence Jones, dec'd; m. John Fowle, dec'd; 6 ch., Henry Fowle,
Elizabeth Fowle, John Fowle, living; Edwin Fowle, William
Fowle, William Fowle, last two dec'd; Betsey Jones died,
17 years of age.

1214. ii. Reuben, b. Nov. 6, 1762. In 1781 he enlisted in Gen. Knox artillery,

served 3 years and was discharged. He was born in Roxbury
but served in the Newton Co.

1215. iii. Lemuel, b. Apr. 29, 1765.

1216. iv. Jabez, b. Nov. 30, 1767.

1217. v. Hannah, b, Apr. 8, 1772; d. July 14, 1789.

472. Ensign Abner Whitney (Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury
Mass., Nov. 17, 1744; m. . He d. Jan. 6, 1826; res. Roxbury, Mass., and Wind-
sor Co., Vt.

He was born either in Newton or Roxbury, probably the former place. When
the Revolutionary war broke out he enlisted in the company commanded by Capt.
Wiswell, raised in Newton, and was at once promoted to sergeant. Later in the war
he was serving as ensign (or second lieutenant). He was granted a pension Apr. 13,
1818, and at that time he was residing in Wmdsor Co., Vt., where he died Jan. 6,
1826, ae. 81.

Abraham, b. Apr. 25, 1779; m. Rebecca Hudson.

Isaac, b. ; m. ; and res. in Elmore, Vt. Had a son

David who had sons, Isaac and James, and res. in Elmore.

Jacob, b. May 2, 1784; m. Lucy Adams.

Abner, b. July 19, 1780; m. Polly White.

Fanny, b. ; m. Messenger.

Sally, b. .

475. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Nov. 28,
1735; m. there prob. in 17.57, Persis Randall, b. 1746, d. July 5, 1812. Isaiah Whitney
was born in Harvard, and died there.

He resided on the farm which his father purchased in 1722, before the town was
incorporated. There were in Harvard two others by the same name as his; one
was called "one thumb Zaiah," because he had but one thumb, and the other " Pond
Zaiah," because he lived near Bare Hill pond. He was in the Revolutionary army,

*8ee Jackson's History of Newton, Mass., p. 270.

1218.

i.

1219.

11.

1220.

iii,

1221.

IV,

1222.

V.

1223.

vi

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in the company from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Davis. On the rolls in the
State House at Boston he is reported dead. His gravestone gives his age as 88.
His will having been probated May 19, 1818, mentions son Jonah; gives to two grand-
children, Lois Turner, wife of James, and Amos Whitney, children of my said son
Jonah, sons Isaiah and Cyrus, dau. Dorcas, wife Ezra Barker. Cyrus Whitney, exec.
May 19, 1818. He d. Feb. 28, 1817; res. Harvard and Stow, Mass.

1224. i. Jonah, b. June 19, 1768; m. Lois Hill and Jane Stone.

1225. ii. Dorcas, b. Apr. 20, 1760; m. June 18, 1784, Ezra Barker, of Stod-

dard, N. H.; they res. in Littleton, Mass., and she was grand-
' mother of Isaac's wife, son of Cyrus. She d. 1888. They had
5 ch.: Rebecca, m. Hoar of Littleton, Susan, Lydia.

1226. iii. Isaiah, b. Dec. 13, 1764; m. Dorcas Whitman.

1227. iv. Amos, b. Dec. 27, 1768; m. Rhoda Cutler.

1228. V. Cyrus, b. Aug. 17, 1771; m. Mary Whitney.

481. Dea. Israel Whitney (Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, June
22, 1751, m. there May 14, 1772, Hannah Mead, b. 1754, d. Aug. 14, 1788; m. 2d in Bol-
ton, Apr. 22, 1789, Mrs. Abigail Puffer.

He was born on his father's farm, which had been purchased before the town was
incorporated. He enlisted early in the Revolutionary war. In 1778 he was a mem-
ber of Capt. Manasseh Sawyer's company in Col. Josiah Whitney's regiment which
took part in the operations in Rhode Island. In 1775 he was corporal of Capt. Isaac
Gate's company, which marched to the Lexington Alarm April 19, but which com-
pany was not mustered into the American service. In 1781 he was first lieutenant
in Capt. Thaddeus Pollard's company, and had seen active service most of the time
since 1775. In seating the meeting house in 1775 he was given the " fore seat in the
side gallery." In 1795 he was chosen one of the deacons of the church, and for nearly
twenty-five years filled the office, but to the horror of all the members of the church
Mar. 9, 1819, having adopted the views of the Universalists, he was dismissed. He
held a number of town offices, and in 1786 was selectman. The epitaph on his
first wife's tombstone reads as follows:

"With serious joy the enlightened soul

Surveys a part, admires the whole,

Nor always silently surveys,

But fir'd with gratitude to praise;

In holy confidence is blest,

And calmly waits eternal rest."
He made his will Dec. 11, 1826. It was probated Feb. 6, 1827. Capt. Ephraim
Warner was executor. He mentions his wife, Abigail, sons and daughters, viz:
Israel, Oliver, Hannah Sawyer, Rebecca Fairbank, Lydia Sprague, Betsey Fairbank,
Arathena Farwell and Neoma Sawyer and Luther Whitney. He d. Feb., 1827; res.
Harvard, Mass.

1229. i. Hannah, b. Apr. 28, 1773; m. May 17, 1791, Phinehas Sawyer. He

was of Harvard, where he was born May 33, 1768; d. Jan. 14,
1820. Ch.: Hannah, b. Mar. 18, 1792; m. E. Davis, and d. Aug.
9, 1817; Eusebia, b. Oct. 9, 1793; m. July 3, 1817, James Hickman,
and d. Sept. 4, 1857; Sarah, b. Feb.6, 1795;d. unm. Sept. 23, 1883;
Sophia, b. June 19, 1797 ; m. Apr. 7, 1816, William Brigham, and
d. Feb. 7,1884; Alfred Ira, b.Oct. 6, 1799; m. Sept. 22, 1829, Nancy
Davis, and d. Aug. 1, 1849; Eliza, b. May 28, 1802; m. May 15,
1839, Roswell Douglass, and d. July 1, 1860; Mary, b. Sept. 30,
1804; m. Apr. 25, 1830, Rev. Aaron D.Sargent, and d. Jan.4, 1885;
Arethusa, b. May 8,1806; m. Jan. 1, 1849, Rev. James W. Mowry,
and died in 1882; Zenas, b. Dec. 25, 1808; m. Nov. 13, 1837,
Sophronia Brackett, and d. Feb. 20, 1856; Wesley, b. Feb. 2, 1810;
m. Sept. 24, 1835, Mary M. C. Patten, and d. Feb. 6, 1878; Fran-
cis Asbury, b. Nov. 11, 1812; m. May 7, 1843, Martha Sawyer,
and d. June 16, 1881; Edmund, b. Aug. 31, 1815; d. Mar. 21, 1816;
Jonathan, b. Marlboro, Mass., June 17, 1817; m. June 25, 1839,
Martha Perkins, of Barnard, Vt, and d. June 20, 1891. She was
born Mayl7, 1816. Jonathan Sawyer,the head of the famous Saw-
yer Woolen Mills, of Dover, N. H., died suddenly from paraly-
sis, 1891. In his death the manufacture has lost one of its vet-
erans, who will stand among the comparatively small circle of
those whose names will be permanently entered in the annals of

JONATHAN SAWYER.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 97

the industry, as having contributed to advance it to its present
high estate in this country. Jonathan Sawyer was born at Marl-
borough, Mass., June 7, 1817. He attended school at Lowell,
Mass., where he was a member of the first class that entered the
high school of that city, of which Bishop T. M. Clark, of Rhode
Island, was then principal.

Illness compelled Air. Sawyer to leave school at the age of
16, and he went to Dover, N. H.,to reside with his brother, Alfred
Ira Sawyer. This brother, after serving an apprenticeship as a
dyer at Amesbury, Mass., and Great Falls, N. H., had moved to
Dover in 1823, and established a small factory for the manufac-
ture of woolen yarns on the banks of the Bellamy river. This
was the beginning of the great manufacturing establishment
which has made the name of the Sawyers familiar throughout
the United States. As first operated, the mill was a grist mill, a
custom carding and cloth-dressing mill — the combination of
industries very common at that period, in which the great woolen
manufacture of to-day had its genesis. The mill was enlarged
and converted into a flannel mill in 1832. Jonathan Sawyer
remained two years in Dover, attending school and working in
his brother's mill. In the fall of 1835 he returned to Lowell,
where his mother then resided, and afterward attended for a
short time the Methodist school at Wilbraham. When 19 years
old, he went to work in a woolen establishment at Lowell as a
dyer. After a brief apprenticeship, he began the dyeing busi-
ness on his own account, continuing it until 1839. In that year
he was married to Miss Martha Perkins, of Barnet, Yt., and
immediately went to Watertown, N. Y., where he served two
years and a half as the superintendent of the Hamilton Woolen
Company. Mr. Sawyer subsequently established a mill for the
manufacture of satinets, in Watertown, which he operated until
1849. In that year his brother, Alfred I. Sawyer, the founder of
the Dover mill, died, leaving children who were too young to
carry on the business of manufacturing. Jonathan Sawyer there-
upon removed from Watertown to Dover, and in company with
his brother Zenas continued the manufacture of flannels under
the firm name of Z. & J. Sawyer. Two years later Zenas Sawyer
retired from the business, and was succeeded by another brother,
Francis A. Sawyer, who had been a prominent builder in Bos-
ton. The firm, of F. A. & J. Sawyer was then formed, and this
firm still continues in existence as the selling agent of the com-
pany's product. They continued the manufacture of flannels in
a wooden mill, which stood upon the site of the brick structures
now occupied by the Sawyer Woolen Company. In 1858 the
property lower down the river, now known as the lower mill,
then called the Moses mill, and also operated as a flannel mill,
was purchased by the firm. In 1860 this mill was enlarged to a
four set mill, in 1863 to eight sets, and in 1882 to sixteen sets, with
new machinery throughout. The old woolen mill, wherein were
laid the foundations of this splendid enterprise,had been erected
in 1832, and continued to be operated until 1872, when it was
replaced by the present substantial structure, containing eighteen
sets of cards, with preparing and finishing machinery for thirty-
seven sets, as well as a new outfit of three sets for worsted
manufacture, recently added. In 1873 the present company was
incorporated under the name of the Sawyer Woolen Mills, and
its first officers were Francis A. Sawyer, president; Jonathan Saw-
yer, treasurer, and Charles H. Sawyer, agent.

Until 1832 only yarns had been produced in the Sawyer
mill, the spinning and weaving being done at the neighboring
farmhouses. When the manufacture of flannels was begun in
that year, the factory system was completely established in the
mill, and the subsequent increase in the plant and in the quan-
tity and quality of its products was largely due to the enterpris-
ing inspiration of Jonathan Sawyer. The Sawyer Woolen Mills

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

is justly regarded throughout the United States as one of the
best types of a great manufacture. It is the center of an intel-
ligent, thrifty, contented community, made up for the most part
of families living happily in their own homes, and reflecting in
their lives the influence which may be exerted upon the
employes by men who regard the welfare of their help as closely
as they watch the internal management of their mills. Mr. Saw-
yer was a humanitarian as well as a manufacturer, and his chari-
ties, while they were always unobtrusive, were as much a part
of his life as his business. Shrinking from publicity as he always
did, hiding his good deeds from the knowledge of the world, the
example of his life was an ennobling influence in the community,
and is the most precious of his legacies to family and friends.
The unmarred reputation for strictest integrity which he has
won, his far-seeing and far-reaching enterprise have enabled the
corporation to pass prosperously through the financial depres-
sions and panics which so many times have swept over the
country during his long career. He has been a great lover of
his home, where his fine tastes had full sway. When free from
business, he was always there. He loved books, and his conver-
sation showed an unusual breadth of reading in science, history
and politics. He was possessed of a strong, clear intellect, a
calm, dispassionate judgment, and sympathies which always
brought him to the side of the weak and the suffering; and no one
ever went to him for assistance and came away empty-handed.

He was the father of ex-Governor Chas. H. Sawyer, Mary
Elizabeth Sawyer, Francis Asbury Sawyer (who died two years
ago in Boston), Roswell Douglass Sawyer, the artist of New
York city, Martha Frances, wife of W. S. Bradley of Dover,
Alice May Sawyer, and Frederic Jonathan Sawyer. Ch.: Charles
Henry, b. Mar, 30, 1840; m. Susan Ellen Cowan, Feb. 8, 1865;
address, Dover, N. H. Charles H. Sawyer is a lineal descend-
ant of Thomas Sawyer, who settled in 1647 at Lancaster, Mass.,
where, in 1708, he {or possibly a son of his bearing the same
name) was captured by the Indians and taken to Canada, and
purchased his deliverance and that of several fellow-captives,
by building for the French governor a saw mill; the first, it
is said, in that region of country.

Phineas, the great-great-grandson of Thomas, and the
grandfather of Charles H. Sawyer, bought in Marlborough,
Mass., a century later, a water privilege and mills, to which he
afterward added a cotton factory, a difficult and hazardous
undertaking at that early day. He operated it for some years,
about the time of the last war with England, but probably with
more public spirit than private advantage, and died in 1820,
leaving a widow and twelve children.

Charles H. was born in Watertown, N. Y. At the age of 10
he was taken by his father to Dover, N. H., and acquired the
basis of his education in the excellent public schools of that
place. When he became 17 his father, who designed him for
the hereditary calling of manufacturing, placed him in the flan-
nel mill as an ordinary hand, to enable him to form a practical
acquaintance with the various and complicated processes
required to transform the rough fleece into the finished fabric.
Here he supplemented his book education by the education of
work, observation, and experience. Step by step he rose to the
higher grades of employment, mastering every detail of the busi-
ness as he went, until at the age of 26 he was appointed super-
intendent of the establishment. Meantime, the proprietors of
the mills hadgreatly extended their operations and had adapted
the machinery to the manufacture of fine cassimere cloths and
suitings. In 1873 they were incorporated by the name of the
Sawyer Woolen Mills, and Col. Sawyer became apart owner and
agent; and in 1881, on the death of his uncle, Francis A. Sawyer,
the senior proprietor, he was chosen the president.

HON. CHARLES H. SAWYER, EX-GOVERNOR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

99

100 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

The Sawyer Woolen Mills Corporation is now a large
and prosperous concern, employing somewhere about five
hundred operatives, and turning out a quality of cloth which
has acquired a high reputation in the market for beauty,
durability, and uniform excellence of workmanship. None but
the best materials are used, and the best class of help is em-
ployed. " Live and let live " is the motto of the managers. The
employes have mainly grown up with the business, the changes
having been very few; a great part of them have been in the
employ of the concern for twenty years or more. They are paid
liberal wages, and are comfortable and independent. They are
large depositors in the savings banks, and many of them own
their own houses, purchased with their earnings. As may be
inferred, they are, as a body, temperate, industrious and orderly.
They feel that their interests are identified with those of their
employers, and no strikes or other labor troubles have ever dis-
turbed the harmonious relations between them.

The Sawyer Woolen Mills have introduced one new feature
into their business which commends itself to the good sense of
all. Instead of employing commission houses to dispose of
their goods, as the former practice was, they now make their own
sales. They thus reduce the chances of loss to the minimum;
and, there being no middleman's profit to pay, they can better
afford employment to their hands in times of depression. For a
number of years past the active management of the entire busi-
ness— buying, manufacturing, and selling— has fallen upon Col.
Sawyer, and it has been so conducted that the credit of no other
establishment stands higher. As a business man, alert, sagacious
and successful, the Colonel has no superior in the state, and that
is saying a great deal at this day, when the brightest of the New
Hampshire boysare finding employment at home. The sterling
business qualities which Col. Sawyer displayed in the conduct
of his own affairs have naturally led to his being selected upon
the board of management of other enterprises. He is a director
of the Strafford National Bank, and a trustee of the Strafford
Savings Bank; a director of the Dover Gas-light Company, and
president of the Dover Horse Railroad Company; a director and
member of the executive board of the Granite State Insurance
Company; a director of the Portsmouth Bridge Company and
president of the Eliot Bridge Company, and a director in the
Portsmouth and Dover, in the Portsmouth, Great Falls and Con-
way, and in the Wolfeborough branch railroads. These various
and important trusts, numerous as they and his private engage-
ments are, receive his careful attention; and it is safe to say that
the opinion of no one concerned in their administration carries
more weight than his. Col. Sawyer has too great an interest in
public affairs to be without decided political convictions. He
cast his earliest vote for Abraham Lincoln, and has ever since
been unswerving in his allegiance to the Republican party. His
experience in the service of the public has not been inconsider-
able. After having served with credit in both branches of the
city council of Dover, he was chosen a representative in the
State Legislature in the years 1869 and 1870, and again in 1876
and 1877. His ability and standing in that body are indicated
by the fact of his assignment to the important committees on the
judiciary, railroads, manufactures and national affairs. His last
political service was that of delegate at large to the National
Republican Convention at Chicago, in 1884. The military title
by which he is known. Col. Sawyer derived from his appoint-
ment upon the staff of the Governor of the State in 1881. It is
the barest justice to him to add that he is no office-seeker.
Modest and unassuming in a remarkable degree, the public
positioYis he has held have come to him through no longing or
efforts of his own; in his case it is emphatically true that " the
office has always sought the man."

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. loi

Col. Sawyer is a member of the Congregational Society in
Dover, and a liberal contributor to its support, as well as to
every worthy object of charity and scheme of benevolence that
is brought to his notice from whatever quarter. Though his
manner is reserved, his heart is warm and his sympathies are
quick and wide; and his generosity and helpfulness in a good
cause are not limited by place or creed or nationality. He is a
consistent temperance man, and a firm upholder of the prohib-
itory law. Every work lor the improvement of the city or the
public benefit finds in him a hearty supporter, grudging neither
money nor more valuable personal effort to promote its advance-
ment. For years he has been a zealous member of the Masonic
fraternity. He was twice elected to the chair of the Strafford
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, and for the past seven
years he has been the Eminent Commander of the St. Paul
Commandery of Knights Templar. Though so diligent a man '
of affairs, Col. Sawyer finds the time for mental cultivation. His
library contains the best books of solid value, and he has made
himself acquainted with their contents. On all subjects of pub-
lic interest and practical importance he keeps thoroughly
informed, and has well-considered opinions. Naturally some-
what reticent, he never obtrudes his views; but when they are
sought for, they are found to go straight to the mark, and to
have behind them all the force of rare sagacity and careful
thought. He makes no pretentions to oratory, yet orators might
well envy the impression which his plain, convincing statements
command. In the recent panic caused by the withdrawal from
the state of foreign insurance companies, it was mainly Col.
Sawyer's calm and clear demonstration of the feasibility of a
manufacturers* mutual system of home insurance that quieted
the needless feelings of alarm. It has been truly remarked of
Col. Sawyer that "Nature made him on a large scale." His
great interests he wields easily, and carries his broad responsi-
bilities without fatigue. His remarkable executive ability never
seems to be taxed to its full capacity; there is always an appear-
ance of reserve strength beyond. He has a large way of esti-
mating men and things. No petty prejudices obscure the clear-
ness of his vision or weaken the soundness of his judgment. He
has the courage of his convictions, and does not shrink from
telling an unpalatable truth when necessary; but he has the rare
faculty of giving no needless offense. In the wide round of
his occupations he must needs have caused some disappoint-
ments, but his character for justice and square dealing is so uni-
versally understood that censure finds no vulnerable spot to fas-
ten on. Few prominent men are so free from enemies. The
imperturbable poise of character which Col. Sawyer exhibits is
one of his distinguishing features. Nothing throws him off his
balance. He keeps entire control of his temper; he allows
neither success to elate him, nor failure to depress him. As the
western people say, he is "a man to tie to." This is the result
of natural equanimity, supplemented by careful self-discipline.
His powers are so cultivated that they are evenlv developed;
his character is matured, well-rounded and symmetrical. More-
over, he is, in the expressive phrase of the day, a " clean " man.
His life has not been soiled by any mean or sordid action. Amidst
many temptations to self-indulgence, he has preserved himself
pure and unspoiled. In the several relations of son and husband
and father, of friend and of citizen, he has been faithful and true
to his duty. At twenty-five years of age he married Susan E.,
daughter of Dr. James W. Cowan. Their home is on the bank
of the stream whose waters turn the wheels of Sawyer's mills.
It is the unostentatious abode of genuine comfort and refine-
ment. It is there that Col. Sawyer finds, in the society of his
wife and children, rest from the cares of his business, and the
truest enjoyment of his life.

102 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

For several years past those who knew Col. Sawyer best
felt that he was destined ere long to fill the chief executive
office in the gift of the people of New Hampshire; and when, a
few months since, his name was publicly mentioned for the
gubernatorial nomination by the Republican party, it was
received with enthusiasm by people in all parts of the state.
The convention, when assembled, ratified what appeared to be
the popular voice, and nominated him as their candidate for the
governorship by a vote of nearly three-fourths of their whole
number. Gratifying to the nominee as this spontaneous mark
of the confidence of his party must have been, his reception
by the people of his city, without distinction of party, must have
been even more so. He was met on his return from the con-
vention to Dover by a great procession, civic and military, of
men of all opinions and callings, and escorted to his home amid
cheers and music and illuminations all along the way. It was
an ovation that testified more eloquently than words to the high
estimation in which his character is held by his neighbors and
townsmen. Governor of New Hampshire 1887-8-9. Col. Sawyer
is yet in his prime. It is probable that one-half of his adult life
is still before him. The qualities that have already made him
one of our foremost men will guide and govern him throughout
the remainder of his career. And all that he has thus far accom-
plished is not unlikely to prove but the vestibule to the noble
edifice of his completed life. Ch.: Mary Elizabeth, b. Oct. 28,
1842, Dover, N. H.; Francis Asburv, b. Mar. 5, 1845; m. Sept. 10,
1884, Emma K. Smith; he d. Dec. 23, 1889; Roswell Douglass, b.
Mar. 14, 1848; m. Edwina Dean Lowe of St. Louis, Sept. 18, 1879;
address, Paris, France, care of John Munroe & Co., bankers;
Martha Frances, b. Mar 3, 1851; m. W. S. Bradley of Fairfield,
Vt., Sept. 10, 1878; address, Dover, N. H.; Alice May, b. July 24,
1853; m. Frederic W. Payne of Boston, Jan. 29, 1894; address,
Boston, Mass.; Frederic Jonathan, b. May 27, 1860; m. Isabella
Dootson, Aug. 19, 1881; address, Dover, N. H.

1230. ii. Israel, b. Apr. 13, 1775; m. Phoebe Jennison.

1231. iii. Rebecca, b. Apr. 13, 1777; m. Apr. 26, 1795, Amos Fairbanks, jr.,

of Harvard, b. Sept. 5, 1769. Ch.: Horace, b. Oct. 16, 1795;
Amos, b. Nov. 27, 1799; Clark, b. Feb. 13, 1802.

1232. iv. Lydia, b. May 25, 1779; m. Jan. 18, 1798, Samuel Sprague, of H.,
Nathan Sprague, Leominster.

Betsey, b. May 24, 1782; m. June 7, 1803, Joseph Fairbanks, of H.

Arathusa, b. Dec. 12, 1783; m. Farwell.

AMOs,b. 1791; d. Sept. 12, 1794.

Oliver, b. May 16, 1786; m. Mercy Whitcomb.

Luther, b. Feb. 5, 1790; m. Melinda Wetherbee.

Luke, b. Feb. 8, 1793; d. May 2, 1795.

Nao.mi, b. Apr. 28, 1797; m. June 17, 1817, James Sawyer.

487. John Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 3, 1746;
m. at Bolton, Jan. 9, 1771, Sarah Atherton.

He was born in Harvard, where he resided until a young man, when he moved
to Bolton, where he was married. When the Revolutionary war broke out he
enlisted in a Bolton company as per agreement:

We the subscribers belonging to Bolton in the County of Worcester do promise
to pay unto John Whitney of Harvard in said county or order in consideration of his
engaging into the Continental service for three years for us, 18 calves, 10 whereof
are to be heifers, and 8 steers to be delivered to him within six weeks after his dis-
charge from the Continental service (provided it be within 3 years) viz. if he be
discharged in one year from date he is to receive said stock at one year and six
weeks old and so for a longer or shorter time according to the same rule.

N. B. — Said stock is to be six weeks older when he receives them than the time
he is in the service, provided it be no longer than three years. Said stock to be of
the middling size. [Nurses Annals of Lancaster, Mass.]

In 1781 he was of Bolton and in the regiment commanded by Col. Josiah Whit-
ney, of Harvard. His brother, Isaiah Whitney, was admr. of the estate of John

1233.

V.

1234.

VI.

1236.

XI.

1236.

vn.

1237.

vin

1238.

ix.

1239.

X.

1240.

i.

1241.

n.

1242.

111.

1243.

IV.

1244.

V.

1245.

VI.

1246,

Vll.

1247.

vin.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 103:

Whitney, of Bolton. June 23, 1804, all the heirs are satisfied and sign as follows, viz.:
Sarah Whitney, John Whitney, Milley Whitney, Caleb Moore, Ashsa Moore, Thomas
Houghton and Aseneth Houghton. Caleb Moore was appointed guardian to Arte-
mas Whitney, Eber, Sarah and Hannah, July 3, 1804. He d. May, 1802; res. Tops-
field and Bolton, Mass.

John, b. Apr. 13, 1780; m. Mary Mundy.

Heber, b. Jan. 14, 1782.

Aseneth, b. Feb. 16, 1784; m. Sept. 10, 1803, Thomas Houghton.

Artemas, b. May 25, 1790.

Achsah, b. ; m. Nov. 24, 1796, Caleb Moore.

Milley, b. ; d. unm. 1804.

Isaiah, b. ; m. Sarah .

Sally, b. ; m. Mar. 22, 1816, Millard Atberton, of Goffs-

town, N. H. She d. 1830. He d. Sept. 7, 1871; was a harness-
maker. Ch.: Franklin Atherton, deed.; William, res. Green-
field, N. H.; Charles A., d. Manchester, N. H., Aug. 20, 1892;
Alonzo, b. Goffstown, N. H., Apr. 7, 1827; res. 3 So. State, Con-
cord, N. H.; Mrs. Sarah Slocker, Saugus, Mass., her home now;
Mrs. Lucinda Hall, lives at East Saugus, Mass.; Mrs. Elizabeth
Horn, deed.

1248. ix. Hannah, b. ; m. July 13, 1823, Jacob Whitney, of Harvard,

Mass.

488. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Dec.
20, 1748; m. in Bolton, Feb. 28, 1776, Rebecca Dudley, of Acton. She d. in Harvard,
ae. 82.

Abraham Whitney, Jr., was born in Harvard, Mass., where he always resided.
He was educated for the ministry, but subsequently followed an agricultural life,
remarking that he was not good enough to be a minister. He was in the Revolu-
tionary army, in a Worcester Co. company. He was puritanic in all his tastes and
was through life a thoroughly good man, highly esteemed and respected by all. He
d. in Harvard abt. 1831; res. Harvard, Mass.

Abraham, b. Mar. 3, 1777; d. Oct. 18, 1778.
Abraha.m, b. Nov. 29, 1779; m. Alice Houghton.
JosiAH, b. Aug. 18, 1781; m. Sally Puffer.
John, b. July 31, 1783; m. Sally Stowe.
Samuel, b. May 28, 1785; unm. Jan. 27, 1840.
Simeon H., b. Mar. 20, 1787; m. Nancy Barnard.
Rebecca, b. Oct. 13, 1789; m. Sept. 30', 1811, Joel Bowers. He was
b. Feb. 5, 1789; d. Mar. 6, 1851; was a farmer. Ch.: Mary D.,

b. Apr. 31, 1814; ni. Taylor; res. Boxboro, Mass.; Cephas

H., b. Oct. 23, 1816; res. Still River, Mass.; Rebecca H., b. Jan.
18, 1825; m. Houghton; res. Bolton, Mass.

1256. viii. Sarah, b. Feb. 11, 1797; m. June 24, 1819, Cephas Houghton. He

was b. Feb. 11, 1792; d. Aug. 18, 1881. Was a farmer. Ch.:
Sarah E., b. Mar. 24, 1820; d. Mar. 20, 1860; Geo. N., b. Oct. 23,
1824; m. 1847; d. Oct. 23, 1893, in Leominster, Mass.; Edward
W., b. Mar. 22, 1829; m. 1856; res. Still River, Mass.; Elsie A.,
b. Apr. 19, 1831; m. G. B. Grassie; res. Bolton, Mass.; John C,
b. Dec. 26, 1836; m. May Smith; res. Still River, Mass.

1257. ix. Mary, b. Jan. 17-, 1800; d. unm.

1258. X. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 22, 1802; d. unm.

1259. xi. Joseph, b. Jan. 6, 1795; d. May. 16, 1799.

1260. xii. Abel, b. Oct. 20, 1791; d. Dec. 2, 1799.
1260a. xiii. Lydia, b. .

489. Isaiah Whitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Oct. 6,.

1751; m. Sarah . He was administrator of his brother John's estate and was a

farmer. He d. Mar. 1835; res. Saugus and Bolton, Mass.

1261. i. Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1799; m. May 23, 1823, George Sawyer, b. Bol-

ton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1800, d. Epping, N. H., Aug. 2, 1876. He
was a baker. She d. 1836. Ch.: Lucy Permelia Whitney, b. Jan.
30, 1826, m. Sept. 14, 1856, Alonzo Atherton of Goffstown, N. H., res.
3 So. State St.. Concord, N. H. (see); Susannah Newell Whitney,,
b. Nov. 28, 1827, m. Oct. 15, 1851, Albert W. Gale, res. Haverhill,
Mass.; Nathan Corey, b. Feb. 28, 1829. d. Aug. 29, 1829; Eunice

1249.

1250.

1231.

111.

1252.

iv.

1253.

V.

1254.

vi.

1256.

vii

1264.

i.

1265.

ii.

1266.

iii.

1267.

iv.

1268.

V.

1269.

VI.

1270.

vn.

1271.

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104 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Corey, b. Sept. 29, 1830, m. 1850, David G. Young of Deerfield,
N. H., d. Apr. 15, 1864; Isaiah Whitney, b. Jan. 25, 1833, m. 1855,
Lucy Leavitt, d. Mar. 25, 1864, and left three chs.: Chas. Ather-
ton Sawyer of East Boston, Mass., Isaiah Whitney Sawyer of
Maiden, Mass., and Wm. P. Sawyer of Boston, Mass.

1262. ii. Lucy, b. ; m. John Knight of Lynn, Mass. They res. in

Bolton, Mass., and had one daughter who died in Medford,
Mass., Mar. 10, 1878.

1263. iii. John, b. ; m. Sirene Shattuck, b. Sept. 2, 1807, and d. in

Bolton Sept. 25, 1863. She d. Mar. 16, 1838, and left one ch.

490. Elijah W^hitney (Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard, Feb. 15,
1754; m. in Bolton, Apr. 14, 1772, Sarah Stearnes; b. 1753, Bolton; d. there Oct. 1812.
He was born in Harvard, was a farmer. In 1779 he purchased a farm and settled
in Bolton, where his wife died. He died in Lancaster. He d. Jan. 17, 1834; res. Bol-
ton and Lancaster, Mass.

Elijah, b. July 17, 1772; d.bef. 1781.

Sarah, b. July 13, 1774; m. Dec. 15, 1797, James Townsend, Jr., of

Bolton. Ch.: James, Sarah, Lyman and Hannah.
Dinah, b. Sept. 23, 1776; m. Nov. 27, 1800, Benjamin W.Worcester

of Bolton. Ch.: Daniel, Arad, Luke and Samuel.
Samuel, b. Sept. 10, 1778; m. Lucy Handley.
Elijah, b. Feb. 25, 1781; res. Charlestown, Mass.; d. May 18, 1866.
Daniel, b. Feb. 10, 1783; d. bef. 1860.
Abraham, b. Apr. 17, 1785; res. Shirley.

Alice, b. Sept. 1, 1787; d. Mar. 9, 18—, in B. unm. R. M. Priest
was admr. of her estate, Apr. 2, 1861. In the report is mentioned
brothers Samuel, Elijah and Abraham, sisters Sophia Fleming,
Nancy Priest, Elizabeth Bailey, Sarah Townsend and Dinah
Worcester.

1272. ix. Sophia, b. Nov. 20, 1789; m. Fleming.

1273. X. Nancy, b. Aug. 4, 1792; m. Oct. 20, 1814, Charles Priest, of Har-

vard.

1274. xi. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 26, 1795; m. Dec. 28, 1815, Horace Bailey, of

Bolton; res. in Westboro.

493. Jonathan Whitney fZacheus, Joiiathan, Jonathan, John), b. Bedford,
Mass., 1736, m. (int) Aug 20; m. Oct. 3, 1765, Mary Wyman, b. in 1744; d. Jan. 11,
1778; m. 2d, June 30, 1779, Lucy Smith, b. in 1743; d. Oct. 11, 1817. He served during
the Revolutionary war in a company from Lancaster. He d. Nov. 20, 1802; res. Lan-
caster, Mass.

Apr. 23, 1818, Jonas Whitney asks for a settlement of the estate of Jonathan.
In March, 1820, the following heirs are satisfied with the division and sign receipts:
Jona Whitney, Jonas Whitney, Zacheus Whitney, Ephraim Whitney, Horatio G.
Buttrick, guar, to Caroline Buttrick, Wm. Ballou, Elizabeth Ballou, Reuben Wheeler,
Sally Wheeler, Eli Stearns and Mary Stearns. Lucy Whitney's will of Lancaster
gives to children of her deceased son Moses Smith, son Richard Smith, dau. Lucy
Allen, dau. Sally Wheeler, gives to Caroline Buttrick, granddaughter, son Ephraim
Whitney, whom she appointed exec. His gravestone in the Lancaster Middle
Cemetery reads:

Sacred

to the memory of

Mr. Jonathan Whitney

who departed this life

November 20th 1802

aged 66 years

Possessing the integrity and goodness of the upright man; his memory will be
embalmed in the affections of all who knew his worth; and while virtue itself shall
be revered, his virtues shall be had in remembrance of the virtuous and the good.

1275. i. Mary, b. Jan. 14, 1767; m. Feb. 9, 1786, Eli Stearnes, Esq., b.

1757; d. Mar. 7, 1825. She d. May, 1827; res. Lancaster. In
1775 he was apprenticed to a Mr. Whittaker, a carpenter, at
Princeton, who enlisted early in the Revolutionary war. Eli
was sent to the army at Cambridge for a short time as a substi-
tute for his master, and was there at the time of the battle of

1277.

iii.

1278.

iv.

1279.

V.

1280.

VI.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 105

Bunker Hill, but was not in the battle. In 1777 he enlisted in a
scouting party commanded by the subsequently notorious Dan-
iel Shays, and was wounded by a ball from an Indian's gun,
which passed through his head, entering the left cheek and
coming out under the right ear. After being confined several
months in the hospital at Albany, he became asst. com., and
continued in the service until discharged in 1783. He was jus-
tice of the peace and representative, 1806-10. Ch.: Charles, b.
Mar. 15, 1788; rep. and senator; m. Julia A. Woodward and
Amanda (Brown) Norcross; res. Springfield, Mass.; Mary,
b. Jan. 26, 1791, unm.; Eliza, b. Nov. 18.1793; m. Francis Faulk-
ner; res. Keene, N. H.; Sophia, b. Sept., 1795, unm.; Harriet,
b. Nov. 21, 1797, unm.; William, b. Nov. 2, 1799; m. Elizabeths.
Wilder; res. Boston; Catherine, b. Feb. 18, 1802, unm.; Sarah
Whitney, b. May 13, 1804; m. Amos Chase, of Groton; Nancy
b. Apr. 13, 1806; m. Otis Haskell; res. Claremont, N. H.; Au-
gustus, b. Oct. 4, 1807; d. Sept. 12, 1811.
1276. ii. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14, 1766; m. Mar. 19, 1787, William Ballard;
res. Lancaster, Mass. He was b. Mar. 23, 1764.

Jonathan, b. Mar. 27, 1771.

Jonas, b. Aug. 27, 1772; m. Mary Hawkes.

Zaccheus, b. Mar. 11, 1774; m. Fanny .

Ephraim, b. Mar. 28, 1780; m. June 7, 1821, Mrs. Mary Nurse, of
Marlboro. He d. Sept. 6, 1842; res. Lancaster.

1281. vii. Nancy, b. Nov. 13, 1784; m. Oct. 6, 1803, Capt. Horatio Gates

Butterick, of Lancaster. Ch.: Caroline. She d. Jan. 27, 1811 ;
he m. 2d Dec. 26, 1811, Marv Barnard.

1282. viii. Sally, b. Oct. 19, 1786; m. Dec. 17, 1807, Reuben Wheeler, of

L3.nC3.StCr

1283. ix. Eunice, bap. Dec. 3, 1775; d. Nov. 2, 1777.

1284. X. Sally, bap. Apr. 7, 1782; d. July 17, 1786.

495. Lieut. Levi Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John),b. Dec. 5, 1739;
m. Dec. 19, 1764, Rebecca Clark; m. 2d in Townsend Nov. 13, 1780, Mrs. Lydia (Ran-
dall) Price.

His second wife was the widow of Major Henry Price, the first deputy grand
master of Masons in America. During the Revolutionary war Levi was an officer in
the commissary department with the rank of lieutenant. He was a man of much me-
chanical ingenuity and a manufacturer of agricultural tools. His children were all
born in Townsend. He d. Jan. 8, 1809; res. Townsend and Shrewsbury, Mass.
Amos, b. Feb. 11, 1766; m. Anna Brown.
Asa, b. in 1767; m. Mary Wallis.

Sarah, b. in 1769; m. May 3, 1791, Eleazer Flint, of Reading.
Aaron, b. in 1772; m. Phebe Dunklee and Olive Lund.
Sibil, b. Aug. 27, 1770; m. Cyrus Smith, of New Ipswich, N. H.
He was born at New Ipswich, Mass., Mar. 20, 1768, was a farmer
and died at Andover, Vt. Ch. b. three: Rebecka, b. Mar. 2,
1796; m. William Craig; Cyrus G., b. Nov. 7, 1797; m. Ann
Northup; Sewall Whitney, b. Dec. 13, 1802; m. Nancy Mansur;
res. East Troy, Wis.; Jesse, b. July 31, 1804; m. Sylvia Burton;
Thomas J., b. July 16, 1806; d. in N. Y. city, aged 19, school
teacher; Polly, b. Dec. 1,1807; m. George Mansur; res. Neenah,
Wis.; Sarah, b. Nov. 24, 1809; m. Leonard Andrews; res. Big
Bend, Wis.; Releaf M. S. Mason, b. Nov. 22, 1811; m. Rev.J.O.
Mason; res. Greenwood, N.Y.; Elvira, b. Mar. 2, 1814; m. Dr.
Aaron Putman.

1290. vi. SEWELL,b. ; d. unm. He was drowned by being accident-

ally knocked from the deck of a sloop at Lansingburgh, N. Y.

1291. vii. Rebecca, b. July 29, 1781; m. Sept. 18, 1799, Benjamin Wallace,

of Townsend.

496. Timothy Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 25, 1743.
m. Dec. 1, 1768, Catherine Davenport, b. Aug. 12, 1747,

He resided in that part of Shrewsbury, subsequentlv incorporated as Boylston'
He was in the Revolutionary war in Capt. Ezra Bemis' Company in 1777. Was one
of the first selectmen and served 1786-87-«8-89-90-91-92; town treasurer, 1796-97-98

1286.

1286.

ii.

1287.

111.

1288.

iv.

1289.

V.

1293.

ii.

1294.

111.

1295.

IV.

1296.

V.

1297.

VI.

1298.

vn.

1299.

Vlll

1300.

1301.

ii.

1302.

111.

1303.

IV.

1304.

V.

1.305.

vi.

1306.

vii.

106 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

99-1800-1801-1802 and assessor in 1788. He d. ; res. Shrewsbury and Boylston,

Mass.

1292. i. Lucy, b. March 23, 1769; m. Joseph Bigelow, b. Boylston, Mass., Apr.

15. 1766; d. Mav 17, 1845. She d. Oct. 30, 1845; res. Boylston and

Fitzwilliam,N.H. Ch.: Joseph, b. Sept. 22, 1787; m. Eunice Doty;

Catherine, b. Aug. 26, 1789; m. Peter Prescott; Asahel, b. Oct. 15,

17^*1; Levi, b. Sept. 13, 1794; m. Esther French; Lucy, b. Aug. 20,

1797; d. unm. Aug, 28, 1823; Lyman, b. Dec. 8, 1799; d. July 18.

1840, in Charleston, S. C; Charles b. Feb. 7, 1802; m. Elizabeth

Nichols; Zebina, b. July 27, 1804; d. Nov. 3, 1810; Mary W., b.

Mar. 10, 1808; d. Mar. 21, 1831.

Shadrack, b. Oct. 6, 1770.

Levi, b. Aug. 9, 1772.

Mary, b. Jan. 7, 1774.

Catherine, b. Oct. 10, 1777; d. infancy.

Catherine, b. Feb. 15, 1779.

Timothy, b. June 25, 1783.

John, b. Apr. 6. 1785.

497." Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Sept. 4. 1746;
m. Sept. 26. 1771, Catherine Stone, of Oxford, Mass.; b. Nov. 15, 1752. He was in
the Revolutionary army, in the company commanded by Capt. Andrews, of Shrews-
bury; res. Shrewsbury and Marlboro, Mass.; Madison, N. Y.

Jonah, b. Sept. 3, 1772.

Isaac, b. Oct. 17, 1774.

Sarah, b. July 21, 1776.

Daniel, b. Sept. 4, 1777.

Luther, b. Feb. 23, 1781.

John Stone, b. June 20, 1783.

William, b. Aug. 22, 1785.

500. James Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham, Mass..
June 4, 1718; m. there Mar. 18, 1742, Patience Leland, dau. of Joseph and Esther

(Thurston); b. 1722; she m. 2d Damon. They resided in Framingham, and

moved to Sherborn in 1744. He d. in 1754; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1307. i. John, b. Mar. 10, 1742; m. Hannah Holbrook.

1308. ii. Joseph, b. Mar. 7, 1745.

1309. iii. Martha, b. Aug. 16, 1747.

1310. iv. Abigail, b. Dec. 11, 1749.

504. Dea. Micah Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham
Mass., June 4, 1725; m. in Natick 1747 Lydia Mason, of Natick.

Deacon Micah was born in Framingham. He was in the French and Indian war
and his name is found on Morris roll of Buckminster's regiment in 1755. He was one
of the prominent citizens, was member of the church and deacon for many years,
and one of the selectmen. Morse, in his History of Sherborn, says that he died June
23, 1860. This is, of course, impossible. And if we correct it to 1760, we find that
we have the date of Mark Whitney's death, whose will Micah witnessed only six
days earlier. The chances are against this, also, so I conclude that Morse, ignorant
of Mark's existence, jumped at the conclusion that the Natick records had been
written " Mark" when they should have been written " Micah." I have been of the
opinion that Micah, and Thomas (Mark's son) with their families, moved away about
1760. Both men disappeared from Natick and vicinity about that time. I think
Micah moved to Douglass, for he served in the Revolutionary war from that town;
res. Natick and Douglass, Mass.

Mary, b. Sept. 11, 1748.

Amos, b. May 17, 1750.

Micah, b. June 20, 1753.

Daniel, b. Jan. 26, 1759.

Mason, b. Dec. 16, 1765.

505. Dea. Benjamin Whitney (James, John. Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 23, 1727,
in Framingham; m. Esther Leland, b. 1728.

He prob. m. 2d, Mary , for this is the name of his wife mentioned in his

will. He d. in 1794; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1316. i. James, b. in 1755; m. Susannah Hill.

1317. ii. Joseph, b. in 1762; m. Sally Parks.

1311.

1312.

ii.

1313.

111.

1314.

IV.

1315.

V.

1318.

i.

1319.

ii.

1320.
1321.

iii.
iv.

1322.
1323.

V.

vi.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 107

506. Ezra Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham, Feb. 22,

1730; m., 1760, Agnes Ross; m. 2d, Elizabeth ; ni.3d, Mercy Morse. She d. in

Uxbridge, Mass., Sept. 23, 1794 He was in the Revolutionary war, in the company
from Douglass, commanded by Capt. Wallis. He d. Sept. 24. 1804; res. Wrentham,
Mendon, Sherborn, Lunenburg and Douglass, Mass., and North Woodstock, Conn.

James, b. Mendon, Dec. 15, 1764; m. for third wife, Mary Rob-
inson.

John, b. . He was graduated at Dartmouth college, but in

1797 was insane.

Ezra, b. Nov. 29, 1760; m. .

Moses, b. in 1756; m. Hannah , and Mrs. Nancy (Mann)

Tyler.

Samuel, b. ; m. Azubah .

Mercy, b. about 1770; m. in Uxbridge, Mass., Capt. Samuel
Read, of Uxbridge. He was b. Dec. 12, 1769; d. Apr. 19, 1839;
res. Uxbridge, Mass.; for 20 years he was the representative in
the legislature, and was a prominent and distinguished citizen.
She d. Mar. 26, 1835. Ch.: Nancy, b. Aug. 3, 1794; Abigail
M., b. June 12, 1796; Elizabeth H., b. Sept. 18, 1798; Mary G., b.
Oct. 22, 1800; d. Sept. 13, 1806.

1324. vii. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Hill. Ch.: Ezra, Hannah, Irene,

Moses, and Micah.

1325. viii. Micah, b. ; d. Uxbridge, Mass., Feb. 12, 1795.

507. Hon. Daniel Whitney (James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Framingham,
Dec. 13, 1733; m. Miriam Leland, b. 1740; d. 1817-8. Hon. Daniel Whitney was ohe
of the most prominent citizens in Sherborn. He was selectman 1784-6-8-9-90-1-2
3-5-1800-1-2-3; town clerk in 1773; town clerk and treasurer from 1775 to 1781; was
representative to the Continental Congress 1775-6; member of the convention to
revise the state constitution in 1780; representative 1781-3-4-5-8-9-91-2^4-5-6-8-9
1800-1-3. In 1788 Daniel Whitney, Esq., of Sherborn, was the delegate to the con-
vention for the purpose of ratifying the constitution by Massachusetts. It was held
in Boston from Jan. 9 to Feb. 9, 1788. He d. in 1810; res. Sherborn, Mass.

1326. i. Amos, b. 1762; m. Catherine Hunt.

1327. ii. Elizabeth, b. 1765; m. William Clark; she d. 1835; Ch.: Alpheus,

b. 1785; m. Nancy Leland; Polly, b. 1789; d. 1790; Polly, b. 1792;
m. Lemuel Leland; d. 1814.

1328. iii, Daniel, b. in 1768; m. Dorcas White. He was lost at sea in 1800,

s. p.; res. Boston, Mass.

1329. iv. Mary, b. 1770; m. Hon. John Bullard, selectman 8 years; repre-

sentative 1819; res. S.,and d. 1840. Ch.: Sally, b. Mar. 5, 1794; m.
Martin Clark and William' Stratton; Mary W.,b. Feb. 5, 1804;
m. Henry Ballard; Eliza, b. May 16, 1807; m. Richard Richard-
son; d. s. p. Dec. 5, 1844; John W., b. May 13, 1809; d. 1813;
Daniel W., b. May 13, 1811; m. Abigail Hemenway and M. H.
Hixon.

1330. V. Aaron, b. in 1772; m. Eda Fiske.

510. Peter Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Willington, Conn.,
Apr. 10, 1738; m. in Tolland, Conn., Apr. 21, 1763, Mercy Case, b. Aug. 15, 1745; d.
Apr. 19, 1819.

He was born at Willington, Conn.; married at Tolland. He was a farmer and
resided at Ashford and Willington, Conn., until after the birth of his children, when
he moved to Tunbridge, Orange Co., Vt. They were buried in East Bethel, Vt., the
. village where they had gone to church. He was a soldier in the last French war and
also served in the Revolutionary war in the Conn. line. He was pensioned Apr. 6,
1818. He d. June 19, 1826; res. Tolland, Conn., and Tunbridge, Vt.

1331. i. Thomas, b. Sept. 18, 1770; m. Mary T. Jennings.

1;S32. ii. Peter, b. Oct. 31, 1776; m. Edith Davis and Sibyl Ainsworth.

1333. iii. Jonathan, b. Feb. 20, 1766; m. Eunice Story, Dora Marsh, Zylpha

Holt and Betsey Bolton.

1334. iv. Lois, b. Mar. 31, 1768; m. Major-General Lovell Hubbard. She d.

in 1818, in Royalton, Vt.

1335. V. Anna, b. Sept. 10, 1774; m. Oliver Preston. She d. Mar. 9, 1858, at

Royalton, Vt. A son, Jonathan W., resides in Manchester, N. H.

108 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1336. vi. Rebecca, b. Aug. 16, 1772. She had one arm and one leg ampu-

tated at her father's house, and died there unm. in 1806.

1337. vii. Esther, b. Nov. 1, 1778; m. Col. Arannah Hibbard. He was

wounded at the battle of Queenstown in the war of 1812. She
d. at Siurgis, Mich.

1338. viii. Molly, b. Mar. 16, 1764; d. young.

1339. ix. Lydia, b. Feb. 10, 1781; m. Joseph Bartlett. She died soon after

her marriage.

1340. X. Mary, b. Mar. 16, 1784.

1341. xi. Molly, b. Mar. 16, 1784.

520. Josiah Whitney (Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Willington, Conn.,
Nov. 16, 1764; m. at East Windsor, Conn., Nov. 26, 1783, Mary Loomis. In 1781,
when seventeen years of age, he was in the Revolutionary army, in a Belchertown
company. After his death she m. Nov., 1797, with Solomon Payne and moved to
Rootstown, Ohio, where she d. of smallpox Jan. 14, 1850. He d. Oct. 29, 1792; res.
Granville, Mass.

1342. i. Sarah, b. June 4, 1785; m. Beman Chapman and settled in Roots-

town, Ohio, where she died Aug. 21, 1846. Son Pliney res.
New Milford, Ohio.

1343. ii. Mary, b. Oct. 2,1787; m. Dec. 22, 1806, Nathan Chapman at Roots-

town, a chair manufacturer, b. Vernon, Conn., July 5, 1783.
They both lived to be over 90 years of age. Ch.: E. P.; res.
New Milford, Ohio.

1344. iii. Indiana, b. Aug. 21, 1789; m. Calvin Allen, a clothier, who was

b. in Conn. They moved in 1823 to Duaiiesburgh, N. Y., and
thence in 1828 to Silver Lake, Pa., where he d. Mar. 12, 1834,
and was buried in Quaker cemetery. She resided last at Brook-
dale, Pa. Son Luman W. res. Brookdale, Pa.

1345. iv. Josiah, b. May 1, 1791; m. Almira Ellsworth.

523. Lieut. Benjamin Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell
Oct. 27, 1741; m. Aug. 12, 1761, Mary Turner, b. 1741; d. Sept. 5, 1778; m. 2d Rebecca
Fitch, b. 1759; d. June 23, 1793; m. 3d in P. Mar. 5, 1794, Olive Farnsworth, of Groton,

b. 1755; d. s. p. Jan. 13, 1809; m. 4th Anna Woods, b. ; d. Sept. 11, 1866. His

will was probated in 1822. William Livermore, of Groton, was appointed to Frank-
lin and George, minors. He d. Sept., 1821; res. Pepperell, Mass.

1346. i. "Benjamin, b. May 5, 1764. He served in the Revolutionary war

in 1781 for Pepperell when but 17 years of age. His name is
found on the Revolutionary war records at the state house in
Boston. He was married and resided in Tunbridge, Vt., but
later moved to Geneseo, N. Y., finally locating in Boston, Mich.
TDavid, b. Feb. 11, 1766; m. Susanna Huntington.
V\bel, b. Mar. 15, 1770; m. Phebe Scott.
Thomas, b. July 15, 1780; m. Betsey Wallis and Annie York.
»Abijah, b. Aug. 22, 1781; m. Lydia Tarbell.
.Joseph, b. Apr. 18, 1784; d. Aug. 18, 1805.
Aaron, b, Feb. 22, 1786; m. Betsey Parker.

♦Polly, b. Jan. 25, 1788; m. Leonard Lakin. He res. in Boston and
was a pilot in Boston harbor. Ch.: Leonard, b. Aug. 13, 1833; res.
Ft. Atkinson, Wis.; Mary Ann, b. May 25, 1817; m. Moses Love-
joy; res. Riverside, 111.
•Hannah, b. Jan. 7, 1792; d. Oct. 22, 1794.
Franklin, b. Nov. 30, 1810; m. Catherine Kemp.
George, b. Mar. 24, 1813; d. young.
•Mary, b. Mar. 4, 1763; d. Aug. 27, 1778.
Abigail, b. May 8, 1768; d. Aug. 28, 1778.
♦Martha, b. Jan. 19. 1772; d. Aug. 28, 1778.
rABijAH, b. Nov. 29, 1774; d. Sept. 3, 1778.
•Anna, b. Nov. 5, 1775; d. Aug. 25, 1778.
J'homas, b. July 23, 1777; d. Aug. 29, 1778.

529. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass.,
Oct. 20, 1755; m. Mary Woods, b. 1764; d. Acworth, N. H., in 1841. He was from
Pepperell, Mass., served in the Revolutionary army, and was at the battle of Bunker
Hill. Later he removed to Acworth, N. H„ in 1807. Apr. 25, 1818, he was granted a

1347.

ii.

1348.

HI.

1349.

iv.

1350.

v.

1351.

VI.

1352.

vn.

1353.

Vlll.

1354.

ix.

1355.

X.

1356.

XI.

1357.

xn.

1358.

xni.

1359.

xiv.

1360.

XV.

1361.

XVI.

1362.

XVll

1367.

iii.

1368.

IV.

1369.

V.

1370.

VI.

1371.

VII.

1372.

Vlll.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 109

pension, but it was suspended in 1820. He d. Acworth, N. H., in 1810; res. Pepperell,
Mass., Francistown and Acworth, N. H.

1365. i. Polly, b. Sept. 5, 1781; m. Sept. 12, 1804, Phinehas Parker and

rem. to Vt. He was b. in Dedham, N. H., Sept. 5, 1781 ; d. Dec.
29, 1873. She d. Jan. 24. 1873. Ch.: Mary Ann; a child is Mrs.
Geo. H. Osgood, East Randolph, Vt.; Marinda; a child is Geo.
Annis, Craftsbury, Vt.; Charles, b. Sept. 24, 1810; m. Rebecca
Whitney, dau. Joseph D. (which see); res. E. Randolph, Vt.;
Caroline, dead; John, a son, is Don Parker, St. Albans, Vt.;
Phinehas, res. Hartford, Vt.; Fannie, dead; Sally, dead.

1366. ii. Emma, b. Aug. 16. 1785; m. Mar. 25, 1806, Elijah Dickerman; res,

Chelsea, Vt. He was b. July 20, 1783; d. Dec. 3, 1861. He was
a blacksmith and farmer. She d. Aug. 28, 1834. Ch.: Mary, b.
Mar. 29, 1807; m. Mar. 29, 1825; d. Feb. 2, 1880; Emma, b. July
26,1809; d. Sept. 15, 1809; Amy, b. May 6, 1811; m. Mar. 25, 1834;
d. May 8, 1884; Rebekah, b. Dec. 19, 1812; m. Mar. 12, 1855; d.
Apr. 13, 1885; Elijah, b. Sept. 26, 1814; m. Nov. 26, 1835; d. July
5, 1876; Enoch, b. Apr. 27, 1816; m. Nov. 26, 1835; d. June 5,
1883; Edmund, b. May 27, 1818; m. Oct. 28, 1838; d. Feb. 5,
1886; Lewis, b. Sept. 28, 1822, m. July 24,1845; res. No T.; Sally,
b. Oct. 30, 1824; m. Nov, 1, 1841, Eli Camp; res. No. Ran-
dolph, Vt.

Joseph, b. ; d. young.

Joseph D., b. Apr. 4, 1791; m. Susanna Drury.

Isaac W., b.— ; m. Polly Blood.

John, b. May 4, 1795; m. Polly Lewis.

Leonard, b. June 4, 1797; m. Philanda Blood.

Rebecca, b. Apr. 3, 1799; m. Feb. 23, 1826, Theron Thayer, b.
Apr. 26, 1803; d. Nov. 4, 1841. She m. 2d, Asa T. Grames. She
d. Jan. 21, 1892. Ch.: Parilla, b. Feb. 18, 1827; m. to Charles
Densmore, Feb. 18, 1850; ch., Mrs. Edwin'Spencer, Claremont,
N. H.; Mrs. James Hamlin, N. Randolph, Vt.; Mrs. Emma
Morse, W. Bethel, Vt.; Mrs. J. M. Flint, Chelsea, Vt.

1373. ix. David, b. Acworth, N. H.; m. Lydia C. Chase; a dau. Mary A.,

m. Cutler S. Angier; res. Langdon, N. H.

1374. X. Edmund, b. ; d. unm.

1375. xi. Alvah, b. ; d. unm.

530. James Whitney (Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepperell, Mass.,

Dec. 6, 1757; m. . He d. Aug. 18, 1799; res. Ludlow, Vt.

1376. i. Orlando, b. ; m. Asenath Stiles.

1377. ii. Daniel, b. in 1777; m. Content Stiles.

1378. iii. James, b. .

1379. iv. Jazamiah, b. Sept. 1,'1780; m. Rebecca Whipple.

1380. V. , b. ; m. Sangar; res. St. Johnsbury, Vt.

532. James Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Mass.,
Kov. 4, 1742; m. Sept. 4, 1766, Sarah Lund; res. Dunstable, Mass., and .

1381. i. Sarah, b. in D., May 27, 1767.

533. John Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Apr. 15,
1745; m. at Westminster, Mass., Feb., 1781, Mary Jones; b. Framingham, Mass., 1757;
d. Apr. 19, 1836.

John Whitney, a brother of Jonathan, went to Fitzwilliam, N. H., from Dunstable,
Mass., before 1776. His wife was Mary Jones, a native of Framingham, Mass. He
died in Troy, N. H., in 1829. He was in the battle of Bunker Hill, in Capt. Whit-
comb's company, of Col. James Reed's regiment. In 1776 in Capt. Abijah Smith's
company for New York, mustered Sept. 21. He was one of the men returned for
Fitzwilliam for three years or the war. In 1777 he marched to reinforce the garrison
at Ticonderoga, on the alarm in Capt. John Mellen's company. Was for a time in
Col. Timothy Bigelow's regiment for Worcester, Mass. John Whitney served in the
Revolutionary army, and early in 1780 in company with his brother Jonathan he left
his home in Dunstable, Mass., having purchased the tract of land on "the east side
of the road," in Troy, N. H., later Fitzwilliam. He resided on the farm until his
death. He d. Nov. 3, 1829; res. Fitzwilliam and Troy, N. H.

1384.

iii.

1385.

iv.

1386.

V.

1387.

vi.

110 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1382. i. Nathan, b, June 18, 1781; d. in 1811 in Sherburne, Vt., of spotted

fever; unm.

1383. ii. Mary, b. Mar. 2, 1783; m. Feb. 16, 1812, Luke Harris. She d.
Sept. 1^ 1816. (See below.)

Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1785; d. May 18, 1794.

Sally, b. May 30, 1787; m. George Farrar, and d. s. p. in 1864.

John, b. Dec. 10, 1789; m. Mrs. Augusta (Fisk) Brooks.

Betsey, b. July 12, 1792; m. Apr. 10, 1817, Luke Harris. He was
b. Dec. 1, 1790, at Richmond, N. H., and d. at Nelson, N. H.,
Feb. 2, 1872. He was a farmer, carpenter and manufacturer.
Ch.: James Madison, died in infancy; Martha, b. Mar. 25, 1816
(first wife); m. Herman Kendall, of Sterling, Mass., and d. Aug.
7. 1881; had 2 ch., H. P., res. Sterling, Mass.; Mary Ann, b. Oct.
30, 1817; m. Feb. 11, 1869, Dea. Jabez Butler, and he was b. Nov.
14, 1803, and d. Jan. 14, 1889. Was a sash and blind maker. She
res., s. p., in Plymouth, Vt., and is a regular practicing physician.
Graduated 1859. Susan Harris, b. Mar. 20, 1818; d. Dec, 1833;
Sarah W., b. Oct. 23, 1819; m. Isaac W. Holbrook, who d. Feb.
27,1881; ch., Ellen M. and Susan L.; res. M.; Nathan W., b.
Mar. 5, 1821, n. f. k.; went to N. O. and to St. Louis, and is sup-
posed to have died there of cholera; Ferdinand and Isabella, b.
Mar. 23, 1824; d. June. 1825; an infant, b. Aug., 1827, which lived
only a day; John W., b. Sept. 15, 1828, supposed to have been
drowned at sea; Isaiah Turbur, b. June 13, 1831; m. Mary S.
Phillips; Caroline Elizabeth, b. Feb. 14,1833; m. Minot Phillips,
who d. in the war, and Herman Wheeler, res. E. Sullivan, N. H.;
6ch.
1888. vii. Sophia, b. Jan. 20, 1795; m. Eseck Dexter, and d. in 1866, leaving
Eseck, Ferdinand, Lorenzo and Oscar.

1389. viii. Luke, b. Dec. 25, 1798; m. Louisa White.

534. Jonathan Whitney (James, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Dunstable, Mass.'
Aug. 15, 1745; m. (the first marriage recorded in Fitzwilliam, N. H.) May 7, 1772]
Abigail Hemenway, b. Apr. 26, 1749, dau. of Joseph and Mary (Adams) Hemenway*
Jonathan Whitney, in company with his brother John, purchased a farm in 1780 at
Fitzwilliam, N. H. About 1810 he disposed of his interest to one Sanford, and

moved to Hartland, Vt. He d. — ; res. Dunstable, Mass., Fitzwilliam, N. H., and

Hartland, Vt., in 1805.

1390. i. James, b. Nov. 3, 1772. He married, went west, and died s. p.

1391. ii. Joseph, b. June 7, 1774; m. Sophia Oliver.

1392. iii. Francis, b. Sept. 17, 1776. He d. June 1, 1842, and left two daus.;

one is Mrs. Abigail Collins; res. Lisbon, N. Y.

1393. iv. Benjamin, b. Apr 6, 1781. He was killed when a young man;

was at work on a railroad, blasting rock, and killed by a
piece from the blast.

1394. V. Jonathan, b. Apr. 6, 1783; m. Miranda Marvin.

1395. vi. Charles, b. June 17,1786. He had three sons and three daus.;

one, James, res. Bristol, Vt., and Charles; res. Brookfield, Vt.

1396. vii. Calvin, b. May 25, 1788; m. Eliza Everton.

1397. viii. Haynes, b. Dec, 1789; m. Jane Robinson.

537. William Whitney (William, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Feb. 5, 1725; m. at Salisbury, Conn., June 4, 1747, Arcoucher Dutcher; m. 2d Jane

He was born probably at Killingly, though some traditions have it at Canaan;
was married at Salisbury as "William Whitney from the east part of Connecticut."
He was a farmer. He d. ; res. Salisbury, Conn.

1398. iii. Christopher, b. Sept. 28, 1751; m. Mary Ticknor.

1399. i. Hestry, b. Aug. 4, 1748; m. Oct. 15, 1766, Joshua Sardam.

1400. ii. Mary, b. Aug. 24, 1750; d. young.

1401. iv. Cornelius, b. Dec. 31, 1753; m. Hetty Green.

1402. v. RuLUFF, b. . He was a soldier and was killed at the battle

of Quebec

1403. vi. John, b. Oct. 5, 1757; res. Maryland.

1404. vii. Mary, b. Oct. 1, 1759.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. Ill

1405. viii. Solomon, b. Mar. 1, 1763.

1406. ix. Jane, b. May 22, 1766.

538. Thomas Whitney (William, William, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
Feb. 28, 1727; m. Elizabeth Boardman; b. Sheffield, Mass., d. before 1793.

He was probably born in Killingly, Conn., where he resided until after his
marriage, when he moved to Canaan. He had a deed of land from his father, Nov.
5, 1750, in consideration of parental love, etc. As Thomas Whitney of Claverack in
ye County of Albany and Province of New York for ;^50, he deeded to his honored
father, William Whitney, of Canaan, the same 54and, June 18, 1761. Thomas was a
farmer, and at the time of his death resided in Nobletoivn, Hillsdale, Columbia Co.,
N. Y., where he took an active part under the lead of Robert Noble, in a strife between
the authorities of the colony of Massachusetts and those of New York, relative to the
soil and jurisdiction of certain lands in the manor of Livingston. June 26, 1766, the
sheriff and posse proceeded to Noble's house to arrest him and other persons named
in the warrant, and when near Noble's house the two parties came in collision and
"thereupon a firing by both parties instantly ensued and Cornelius Ten Broeck, one
of the posse, Thos. Whitney, one of the rioters, were both shot and died on the spot."
(See the proclamation of Sir Henry Moore, of July 3, following in Documentary History
of New York.) His widow went to Chenango, N. Y., with her son, Joshua, and died
there before 1793, and was buried on the farm where they lived. Thomas was buried
on his own farm at Nobletown. He d. June 26, 1766; res. Canaan, Conn., and Noble-
town, N. Y.

1407. i. Joshua, b. Nov. 27, 1748; m. Hannah Green.

1408. ii. John, b. May 15, 1751; res. Chenango, N. Y.

1409. iii. William, b. . He d. Jan. 18, 1810, was a prominent citizen

of Chenango Co., N. Y., and was general in the State Militia.

1410. iv. Elizabeth, b. ; m. Thomas Green; res. Lisle, N. Y., where

he was a member of the First Cong, church. She d. in 1822,
They res. in Lisle, two miles from Whitney's Point, N. Y.

540. Capt. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, William, Joshua, John), b. Plainfield,
Conn., Mar. 25, 1*750; m. Sally Cochran.

During the Revolutionary war he was in a Connecticut regiment, and ensign of
one of the companies and later first lieutenant in Capt. McKinstry's Co. 9th N. Y.
Regt. of the Claverack Batt. In 1779 he was captain, and at its close moved to New
York state. He finally settled in Addison Co., Vt., and died there. He was granted
a pension by the Govt. Mar. 30, 1818. Joshua Whitney, of Arguile, Wash. Co., N. Y.,
sold land in New Marlborough, Mass., Dec. 31. 1808, which fell to me as heir to the
estate of Joshua Whitney, Esq., late of Plainfield, Conn., deed, and was set off by the
distribution of said estate to me. He d. in 1821; res. Conn., N. Y. state, and Addison
Co., Vt.

1411. i. William, b. May 24, 1795; m. Martha Ann Perlee.

541. Benjamin Whitney (Joshua, William, Joshua, John), b. Conn. Oct., 1755;
m. Sarah Bassett, b. Aug. 20, 1775, d. Mar. 27, 1861. She m. 2d John Farnsworth and
removed to Cayuaga, N. Y. She was b. Aug. 27, 1776; d, Mar. 27, 1861. He d.
Aug. 27, 1801; res. Granville, N. Y.

1412. i. Benjamin, b. Apr. 10, 1797; m., and d. June 10, 1830, leaving 7 ch.

1413. ii. Aaron, b. Sept. 14, 1798; m. Electa Leach.

1414. iii. Sally, b. Oct. 8, 1800; m". Jan. 22, 1822, Lorenzo Colburn and had

6ch.

643. Elijah Whitney (John, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn., ;

m. there Sept. 24, 1772, Cloe Beckley; res. Canaan, Conn.
Elijah, b. Feb. 25, 1773.
Elisha, b. Aug. 10, 1774.
Joseph, b. July 21, 1776; m. Mary P. Persons.
Electa, b.

1415.

1,

1416

11.

1417.

111.

1418.

IV.

1419.

V.

544. Capt,
r; m.

William, b. Feb. 22, 1784; m. Prudence Brown.
Capt. John Whitney (John, William, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn., in
He was buried in the family lot in South Canaan. He d. Aug. 14,
1807; res. Canaan, Conn.

1420. i. John, b. 1796; d. Mar. 18, 1809.

547. Lebbeus Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. Aug. 25, 1745; m.
Mary Ann , b. June, 1764. He d. Oct. 5, 1785; res. .

112 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1421. i. Lebbeus, b. Sept. 3, 1775; d. Mar. 7, 1776.

1422. ii. Margaret, b. Aug. 25, 1776; m. Mar. 30, 1794, John Gardner, d.

Charlestown, S. C, Mar. 26, 1822, ae. 56. She m. 2d Wm. H.
Booth. She d. Sept. 11, 1846, at Charlestown, S. C. Ch.: Henry
Whitney, b. Dec. 22, 1794; m. Feb. 6, 1816, Mary E. Sims; 4 ch.

1423. iii. Jacob, b. Nov. 2, 1779; d. Nov. 9, 1779.

1424. iv. Thomas Harvey, b. Jan. 4, 1781.

1425. v. Archibald, b. May 28, 1785; m. Mary Drennes. •

652. John Merrick Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. July 18, 1758;
m. . He d. bef. 1819; res. Georgia.

1426. i. Andrew G., b. . He was an attorney at law at Detroit,

Mich., and d. there of cholera in 1826. He was married, but
none of his children survived him.

553. James Rex Whitney (Caleb, William, Joshua, John), b. Oct. 16, 1760, in
Middletown, Conn.; m. Mary Allen; d. Charlestown, S. C., Nov. 22, 1814. He was
born in Middletown, Conn., and resided nearly all his life in the south. Three years
before his death he was elected sergeant at arms of the Miss, legislature. He d.
Feb. 4, 1822; res. Franklin, Ga., and Washington, Miss.

1427. i. Jedediah, b. Mar. 3, 1782; m. Keziah Barrett.

1428. ii. Lebbeus, b. Oct. 8, 1785; m. Elizabeth Ford.

1429. iii. Mary, b. Georgia; m. Richard Hardin; res. Hardin's Ford, Ga.;

7ch.

1430. iv. William, b. in 1790; m. Sarah Leggett, Mrs, Mary Smith, and

Mrs. Henry King.
14'1. V. John Merrick, b. June 4, 1792; m. Clarissa Montgomery.

557. Cornelius Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. at Killingly,
Conn., July 5, 1749; m. Graves; m. 2d Elizabeth May; b. Rutland, Vt.;d. .

He was born in Killingly, Conn., in that part which was subsequently North Kil-
lingly. He served four years in the Revolutionary war in a Connecticut regiment,
and was at the battle of Bunker Hill. At the close of the war he moved to Granville,
N. Y., and later to Mexico, N. Y., where he died. Was a farmer. He d. Mar. 24,
1833; res. North Killingly, Conn., Granville and Mexico, N. Y.

Matthias, b. May 25, 1776; m. Betsey Barnes.

James, b. Aug. 27, 1779; m. Betsey Law.

Lyman Eliphalet, b. Feb. 17, 1781; m. Lucy Ellsworth.

Cornelius, b. Jan. 27, 1782; m. Rhoda Gould.

Sally, b. Apr. 22, 1791.

ZOLVA (Resolved), b. Jan. 11, 1795; d. bef. 1874.

Alice, b. Mar. 15, 1799; d. bef. 1874.

RoxA, b. June 24, 1801; m. Williams; res. Butler, N. Y.

John, b. Jan. 2, 1804; m. Nancy Huntington, Caroline M. Herbert,
Mrs. Page, and Mrs. Elizabeth Moran.

558. Joshua Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
Nov. 23, 1751; m. Apr. 6, 1775, Lydia Bu Day, b. Sept. 30, 1752. After his death she
married again to a Mr. Wardsworth, and d. Oct. 15, 1817. He was a farmer. He d.
Sept. 21, 1796; res. Rutland, Vt., and Avon, N. Y.

1441. i. Joshua, b. June 10, 1782; m. Huldah Markham,

1442. ii. Elkanah, b. .

1443. iii. David, b. .

1444. iv. Sarah, b. — .

1445. V. Hannah, b. .

1432.

1433.

ii.

1434.

111.

1435.

iv.

1436.

V.

1437.

VI.

1438.

Vll.

1439.

VllI,

1440.

ix.

660. David Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly, Conn.,
May 3,1754; m. Olive Day; m. 2d, Mary Glassford. He died in Canada; res. Hart-
ford. Conn., and Augusta, Canada.

1446. i. Lucy, b. . ' 1455. x. Olive, b. .

1447. ii. David, b. . 1456. xi. David, b. .

1448. iii. Cynthia, b. . 1457. xii. Calvin, b. ; m.

1449. iv. Comfort, b. . Hiltha Scott, Caro-

1450. V. Mary, b. . line Conkline and

1461. vi. Asa, b. . ' Isabella Harrison.

1452. vii, Alanson, b. . 1468. xiii. Asa, .

1463. viii. Samuel, b. . 1459. xiv. John, b. .

14.54. ix. Sarah, b. .

1460.

1461.

1 !•

1462.

Ill

1463.

IV.

1464.

V.

1465.

vi

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 113

561. Samuel Whitney (Matthias, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Jan. 2, 1757; m.
Apr. 28, 1784, Tabitha Warren; d. Aug. 22, 1846. He served during the Revolution-
ary war; was at Valley Forge in the winter of 1778 unaer Washington, and assisted
in rescuing his horse from the mire and saving it from drowning by means of a rope,
for which service he was personally thanked by Gen. Washington. After the war he
was pensioned, receiving $8 per month during his life. He d. Jan. 7, 1850; res. East-
ford, Conn.

Lucy, b. June 10, 1785.

Calvin, b. Aug. 10, 1787.

Samuel, b. Mar. 3, 1792.

Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1800.

Infant, b. Sept. 5, 1803.

Warren, b. Dec. 5, 1805; m. Diana R. Johnson.

564. Cornelius Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killingly,
Conn., in 1761; m. Sarah Cody, b. in 1759; d. June 18, 1836.

He was born about 1761 and resided at Killingly, Conn. In 1792 he moved to
Granville, N. Y., and in 1825 to Walworth, where he died in his 70th year. Most of
his life he was an innkeeper, but during his late years he was a farmer. He d. Dec.
4, 1831, Killingly, Conn., and res. Walworth, Ontario Co., N. Y.

1466. i. Matilda, b. June 17, 1786; m. Manuel Doane; res. Granville,

N. Y.
Benj. C, b. Apr. 14, 1788; m. Betsey Marchant.
Cornelius, b. Apr. 30, 1790.

Laura, b. Mar. 20, 1797; m. Asa Parker; res. So. Granville, N. Y.
Lorex, b. Apr. 12, 1799; m. Electa Houck, b. June 23, 1801. He
d. s. p. Feb. 15, 1858; res. Ontario, N. Y. She d. Aug. 15, 1861.
Sidney, b. Oct. 21, 1801; m. Caroline Palmer.
Erastus, b. Apr. 21, 1793; d. in Granville, N. Y.
Harvey, b. Oct. 18, 1794; d. in Granville, N. Y.

565.' Joseph Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Killinglv, Conn., in
1753; m. there Anna Eames, b. in 1760; d. in Ontario, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1^38.

Joseph Whitney, son of Joshua Whitney, born Oct. 24, 1753, was a soldier in the
war of the Revolution, married Anna Eames, the daughter of Mark Eames, of
Killingly, Conn., about 1784, moved to Granville, Washington Co., N. Y., soon after,
followed the occupation of farming, rearing a large family, and in 1827 moved with
his son William to Ontario, Wayne Co., N. Y., with whom he lived until his death,
Jan. 24, 1837, which event was hastened by an injury caused by a colt running
against him while driving a number of them to water. In religion a Baptist, as
were nearly all his descendants. He d. Jan. 24, 1837; res. Granville and Ontario,
N. Y.

Paul, b. .

Eda, b. .

Anne, b. .

Joseph, b. .

Lydia, b.

1467.

ii.

1468.

iii.

1469.

iv.

1470.

V.

1471.

vi.

1472.

vu.

1473.

Vlll

1474.

1475.

11.

1476.

111.

1477.

iv.

1478.

V.

1479.

VI.

1480.

Vlll.

1481.

vii.

1482.

IX.

William, b. Dec. 7, 1798; m. Deborah M. Duel.

Matilda, b. ; m. Ezra Dewell; res. Ontario Centre, N. Y.

Betsey, b. Dec. 7, 1798.
Reba, b. .

566. Matthias Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Hancock, Mass.,

Apr. 19, 1757; m. abt. 1782-3, Dorcas ; b. 1762; d. Apr. 12, 1793: m. 2d in 1793,

Olive ; b. July 12, 1761. Res. Hancock, Mass., Granville and Fort Ann, N. Y.

' "" ■ Willard, b. Jan. 25, 1784.

Sylvester, b. Aug. 15, 1785; m. Laura Yale.

Sarah, b. June 24. 1787.

Mary, b Oct. 24, 1788; m. Hosmer; res. Clifton, N. Y.

Lucy, b. Feb. 25, 1791.

John, b. Mar. 7, 1793; m. Christina Stafford.

Matthias, b. Oct. 3. 1794; m. Rebecca B. Otis.

Silas, b. Apr. 5, 1798. •

Laura, b. Apr. 24, 1803.

Susan, b. Oct. 23, 1810.

1483.

, u.

i.

1484.

11.

1485.

111.

1486.

IV.

1487.

V.

1488.

vi.

1489.

Vll.

1490.

Vlll.

1491.

IX.

1492.

X.

114 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

668. RuFUS Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. — ; m. Sarah

Graves. He d. in Dec, 1800; res. Granville, N. Y.

1490. i. Wm. Graves, b. Sept. 16, 1800; m. Lydia Marchant.

569. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Cornelius, Joshua, John), b. Providence, R. I.,
in 1769; m. in 1786, Phebe Parker. He d. Aug. 22, 1810; res. Granville, Fleming, and
Aurelius, N. Y.

1491. i. Chauncey P., b. Feb. 11, 1789; m. Sally Edson.

1492. ii. Joshua, b. ; m. and had a son Leonard.

1493. iii. WiLLARD W., b. Mar. 10, 1810; m. Laura Wheeler Pearsall.

583. Lieut. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Jan. 16, 1746; m. in Salisbury, Conn., Jan. 9, 1770, Anna Ashley, dau. of John, justice
of the peace, b. Feb. 20, 1748; d. Feb. 28. 1822,

He was born in Canaan, Conn. According to the probate records he chose
Col. David Whitney, of C, his guardian Feb. 17, 1769. He was then called son of
Joshua, formerly of Preston, deceased. He was living in Salisbury, Conn., in 1770,
and moved to Pittsfield, Mass., in 1793. He engaged in farming and later in the
manufacture of iron, which was largely made into anchors for ships, also in mer-
cantile business. His eldest son and Asa were associated with him. He was acci-
dentally killed. Record of service of a Joshua Whitney in Revolutionarv war, viz:
" Private in the 3d Conn. Regt. from May 19 to Nov. 13, 1775. Enlisted March 16,
1776, in Capt. Joel Dickinson's Co., in Col. Samuel Elmore's Continental Regiment of
Connecticut for 1 year. Was promoted Sergt. Enlisted in 8th regiment, ' Connecti-
cut line,' in early part of 1777. Appointed Sergt. April, 1777; Ensign Dec. 30, 1777;
Lieut. Aug. 21, 1780. Served in Third Regiment, 'Conn. Line,' after reformation of
troops from Jan. to June, 1783, and 'Retired with regiment June, 1783.'" He d.
Aug. 3, 1808; res. Salisbury and Canaan, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass.

1494. i. Asa, b. Feb. 23, 1784; m. Betsey Childs.

1496. ii. Noah Ashley, b. Dec. 26, 1770; m. Olive Darwin and Mrs. Eliza-
beth Rose.

1496. iii. Anna, b. July 6, 1774; m. Apr. 16, 1793, Samuel Hyde. He was b.

Sept. 13, 1768; d. Jan. 5, 1813. She d. Feb. 12, 1861. Ch.: Mary
Ann, b. Jan. 26, 1794; m. Jan. 11, 1819, John Schenck. She d.
Aug. 27, 1832, leaving Mrs. W. A. Ball, res. Abelman, Wis., Horace
P., res. Algona, Iowa; Mrs. H. A. Kellogg, res. Abelman. Wis.;
Lyman, b. Apr. 19, 1796; d. Jan., 1867; Hiram, b. Nov. 12, 1798;
d. May 24, 1828; Porter, b. Apr. 9, 1801; d. Jan. 30, 1868.

1497. iv. Joshua, b. Jan. 6, 1777; m. Eunice Clark.

1498. V. Huldah, b. Sept. 8,1779; m. Williams Williams Colt; b. near

Pittsfield, Mass., Mar. 6, 1775, son of James Dennison Colt and
Mariam Williams. She d. Pittsford, Monroe Co. N. Y., Jan. 28,
1858. He d. same place, Nov., 1847. Was a farmer. Removed
to western N. Y., 1817. Both of his legs were broken by acci-
dent while a young man, and he ever after walked with a cane.
Ch.: All b. Pittsfield, Mass., except the last one. 1, Juliann,
July 20, 1800, d. Oct. 17, 1803; 2, Harris Porter, Apr. 25, 1803, d.
Westfield, N. Y., Apr. 3, 1863. He m. 1st, Almina Kellogg, b.
Apr. 20, 1812, and d. Apr. 11, 1832; m. 2d, Orilla L. Baldridge,
Nov. 7, 1833, b. Sept. 3, 1810, and d. Westfield, N. Y., Jan. 19,

1873. Ch. by 1st wife: William J., Jan. 16, 1820; res. ;

Clarissa, June 7, 1828; res. ; Almina, Oct. 6, 1832, d. at

age of 3 mos. Ch. by 2d wife: Theodore, Sept. b, 1834, d. Dec.
7, 1864; Miriam O., Feb. 7, 1836; res. Westfield, N. Y.; Sidney W.,
Sept. 11, 1838, d. Nov. 18, 1862; Ashley W., Aug. 23, 1840, d. Jan.
19, 1878; De Azro B.. Oct. 25, 1846; res. Westfield, N. Y.; Miriam
0.,m.DennisSmith, Nov.20, 1867. He d. Dec. 3, 1886. She is yet
a widow, and res. Westfield; 3, Juliette T.. June 30. 1805, d. June
19, 1836; 4, Lucy Whitney, Aug. 18, 1807, d. Feb. 12, 1870; 6,
Mary A., Sept. 3, 1810, d. July 18, 1822; 6, Ashley Whitney,
Sept. 9, 1812, d. 1876; res. Naperville and Lockport, 111.; a son-
in-law is James C. Rogers, Board of Trade, Chicago, 111.; 7,
Sarah C, June 16, 1818, d. July 11, 1839. 3, Lucy Whitney Colt
m. Benjamin Bishop Cone, son of Noah Cone, Jr., and Rachel
Bishop. He was b. in Litchfield Co., Conn., Jan. 19, 1797, and

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 115

d. in Pittsford, Monroe Co., N.Y., July 28, 1843. He was a farm-
er, stockraiser and dealer. He purchased his cattle in St.
Louis, and drove them through io western New York, many
hundred miles. He commenced this business as earlv as 1^37.
Ch.: Mary Ann, b. Penfield, Monroe Co., N. Y., Oct.' 12, 1834,
unm., res. West Henrietta, N. Y.; William Whitney, b. Perinton,
Monroe Co., Dec. 18, 1836, res. 1405 Polk St., Topeka, Kan.;
Sarah Colt, b. Pittsford, Monroe Co., Apr. 16, 1839, d. East Leb-
anon, N. Y.

1499. vi. Wealthy, b. Jan. 6, 1788; m. Feb. 27, 1806, Levi Goodrich. He

was b. Dec. 9, 1785; d. Aug. 8, 1868; she d. July 24, 1858. Ch.:
Horace, b. Apr. 29, 1807; d. Nov. 18, 1807; Mary W., b. Dec. 5,
1808; m. Sept. 15, 1837, Francis Hinsdale, and d. Jan. 22, 1841;
Noah W., b. May 17, 1811; m. Sept. 26, 1832, Abby P. Goodrich;
he d. Jan. 9, 1875; Horace P., b. Mar. 16, 1813; m. Oct. 3, 1843,
Mary E. Mills; res. Cortland, N. Y.; Milton, b. July 1, 1815; m.
Nov. 29, 1840, Caroline O. Barnes; he d. Sept. 4, 1851; Har-
riett E., b. Aug. 16, 1817; m. Apr. 20, 1837, Geo. A. Foxcroft; she
d. Apr. 20, 1894; a daughter res. Pittsfield, Mass.; Wealthy A.,
b. Mar. 17, 1820; m. Sept. 10, 1846, Edwin Saunders; she d. June
20, 1887; he res. Pittsfield, Mass.; Caroline W., b. Dec. 18, 1822;
m. May 13, 1846, Dr. Charles Bailey; res. Pittsfield, Mass ; Lucy
P., b. Aug. 23, 1825; m. May 1, 1845, Thaddeus Clapp; res. Pitts-
field; Abby Maria, b. Apr. 24, 1828; d. May 8, 1841.

1500. vii. Porter, b. Nov. 8, 1781; d. June 18. 1801.

1501. viii. Charlotte, b. Apr. 7, 1792; d. Aug. 22, 1865.

1502. ix. William, b. May 21, 1786; d. July 12, 1787.

584. Asa Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. in 1743; m. Aug. 5, 1762,

Sarah ; m. 2d, in Salisbury, Conn., Oct. 23, 1776, Hepsibath Watrous, b. 1745; d.

May 21, 1815.

He was born in Preston, Conn., in 1743; resided there and afterwards at Salis-
bury, where he married his second wife. About 1786 he moved to Pittsfield, Mass.,
where he afterwards lived and died. He sold land at Mt. Washington, Mass., May
24, 1792. He d. Aug. 10, 1803; res. Salisbury and Preston, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass.

1503. i. Annah, b. Mar. 4. 1764; d Jan. 29, 1766.

1504. ii. SARAH.b. Feb. 1,1766; m. Feb. 27, 1786, Elijah Williams Cobb; res.

Berkshire, N. Y. He was b. Sept. 24, 1766; res. Canaan, Conn.,
until 1802. They rem. to Lennox, Mass., and later to Berkshire,
N. Y., where he died in May, 1816, ae. 51, and she June 13, 1825,
ae. 54. They are both interred in the same cemetery with John
Brown, and near his grave.

Joshua, b. Mar. 20, 1768; d. Jan, 3. 1773.

Lucv, b. May 18, 1770; d. Dec. 18, 1797.

Shubael, b. Aug. 15, 1772; m. Sarah Mitchell.

Geo. Washington, b. Sept. 1, 1777; d. Dec. 12, 1777.

Appleton D.,b. Jan. 4, 1779; m. Esther Jewett and Dolly Wyman.

Mary, b. Nov. 6, 1780; d. same day.

Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1780; d. same day.

James Watrous, b. Jan. 19, 1782. James W. Whitney was a
noted character in the early days of Pike county. 111. He was
more generally known as " Lord Coke," on account of his knowl-
edge of the law. He was a teacher of the second school at
Atlas, but having no family or permanent home he was often
about the county and at Springfield. He was the first circuit
and county clerk and held many local offices, was a native of
Massachusetts, a man of considerable education and had a
knowledge of Latin. He went to Illinois before it was a state and
resided near Edwardsville. It is said there was a hidden sorrow
in his early life which was a delicate matter to touch upon.
He wrote a very peculiar hand. At first sight he would be
taken for a well-preserved preacher or schoolmaster of the days
of the earlier Adamses. His dress was plain and even homely,
his hair was sparse and all combed to the back of his head
and often tied with a buckskin string or black shoestring as

1505.

iii.

1506.

IV.

1507.

V

1508.

VI.

1509.

vn.

1510.

vui.

1611.

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116 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

a cue. He was always welcomed by the lonely pioneers. He
was also known as the " Speaker of the Lobby," as he was the
leaier of that branch of the Legislature for many years. The
citizens, judges and legislators at Vandalia were all agog to
witness the convening of the Lobby. It was a great event. A
throng would assemble and, after some ceremony, " Lord Coke "
would mount the stand and call the house to order. He
would deliver his annual message which would be received
with cheers and laughter. Many hits and jokes would be em-
bodied in the message. Sometimes the satire was very broad.
He presided over the Lobby with magisterial sway. Many of
the reports from committees would be submitted which would
be in accord with their burlesque titles. These reports were
often written by Lord Coke himself, and there was a broad
personality in them, rather Hudibrastic. He died Dec. 13, 1860.
[History Pike Co., 111.]

1513. xi. Milton, b. Apr. 7, 1786; m. Lydia Cleveland.

585. JosiAH Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. ; m,

; m. 2d, at Addison, Vt., Dec. 6, 1818, Susanna Hinds; res. Addison, Vt., and

Chautauqua Co., N. Y.

1514. i. Polly, b. ; m. Colburn.

i. Amy, b. ; unm.

ii. Nancy, b. ; m. Ferguson.

V. HuLDAH, b. ; m. Alanson Smith of Addison.

1515.
1516.
1517.
1518. V. Joshua, b

586. Gen. David Whitney (Joshua, David, Joshua, John), b. Conn, in 1755; m.
m. 2d, ; m. 3d at Addison, Vt., Mar. 3, 1818, Eliza Wil-

son, b. in 1802, d. at Bridport, Vt., Sept. 3, 1884.

Gen. David Whitney came into Addison soon after the close of the Revolution,
and settled on the farm previously owned by Kellogg. He afterward removed to
the farm on the north bank of Ward's Creek, where he lived until a few years pre-
vious to his death, when he moved to Bridport, where he died May 10, 1850, at the
age of 93. He was a member of the Constitutional Conventions of 1793, 1814, 1836,
and 1843; represented Addison in 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797, 1798, 1808 to 1815, and 1824.
He was a shrewd politician and always one of the leading men in the town; possessed
considerable conversational powers, spiced with a quiet vein of humor. I recollect
his account of having the lake fever soon after he came into town, and as it illus-
trates the practice of the day, I give it: It was whilst he lived on the Kellogg farm.
He was taken very sick — pulse bounding, eyes bloodshot and starting from their
sockets, the blood coursing through his veins like liquid fire. The doctor was sent
for; on arriving, ordered every window and door closed, although it was in the
hottest of dog days — cold water forbidden, warm drinks ordered. Thus days and
nights of intolerable suffering went by, and when he begged for just one drop of
water it was denied. One night two neighbors, weary and tired from the harvest
field, came in to watch through the night. One of them soon dropped off to sleep;
the other, more enduring, still kept watch. At midnight, after giving the general
his medicine, he brought in a pail of water, fresh from the well. How quick the
sick man would have given the wealth of the Indies for one draught of that spark-
ling water. Could he not by stratagem secure it? He feigned sleep, and the tired
man, fixing himself as comfortably as possible, was soon in a sound sleep. Whitney
now crawled from the bed on his hands and knees, and made his way to the pail.
With what eagerness he clutched the cup and drained it, draught after draught. He
then wished he could breathe a little fresh air, it was so stifling where he was. The
man still slept; be opened the door. How still and quiet everything lay in the
moonlight. The dew on the grass sparkling like diamonds — the chirp of the cricket
alone broke the silence. How delicious was the night wind, as it fanned his fevered
cheek and burning brow. The idea of escape from his prison, as he regarded it,
presented itself, and instantly he started, crossing the road and through a thicket
hedge that grew beside the fence, into a meadow, and plunging down amid the tall
wet grass, he clapped his hands for joy, as he rolled from side to side. But now the
fever is upon him; the fire is quenched and his strength is gone. He cannot rise.
The watchers have missed him. They shout his name. He tries to answer but is
too weak. They find and carry him to the house, and in alarm run for the doctor.
He does not get there until morning. A quiet, refreshing sleep has removed all

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symptoms of fever. The doctor would give him pill and potion, but the General
would none of it, and told him that he had a new doctor, old Dame Nature, who
seemed to understand the case altogether the best, and he should trust to her.
Returning health showed his judgment in choosing. Ague and fever, and bilious
intermittent prevailed extremely in the early settlement of the town, but for quite a
number of years little or none has been known. General Whitney lived to be 98.
[From the Vermont Historical Gazetteer.]

His right arm was amputated after he was 80 years of age, and he then learned
to write with his left hand.

The following is all the information I have been able to find in regard to Gen.
David Whitney in the adjutant-general's office at Vermont: He served as a private
four days in Capt. Abraham Salisbury's company in 1780, and also twelve days in 1781
under the same command. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct. 1790,
and Oct. 18, 1793, Col. David Whitney was elected brigadier-general of the 6th
brigade. Was a member of the General Assembly in Oct., 1797, 1798, 1809, and 1812.
It does not appear that he was ever adjutant-general. These facts came from a
Vermont history called " Governor and Council." Gen. W'hitney served in the Revo-
lutionary war, in the early part in the Connecticut line, and more than I have found
on the rolls, but the Vermont records are very imperfect and unsatisfactory in
every way. He was pensioned March 4, 1831.

N. S. Bennett, town clerk at Bridport, sends the following of Gen. Whitney: Gen.
David Whitney, who died in this town May 10, A. D. 1850, aged 93 years, was for-
merly a resident of Addison, an adjoining town to this. He bought a small place in
this town in 1839, where he lived awhile, and subsequently sold that and purchased
another in the village, where he lived and died, leaving a widow, who was his third
wife, but he never had any children of his own by either wife. His last wife was
a Miss Eliza Wilson of this town whom he married when he was at the age of 60
years and she was 16 years old. She died in this town age 82 years. He d., s. p.,
May 10, 1850; res. Addison and Bridport, Vt.

601. Samuel Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 6, 1759; m. .

Samuel Whitney was born in Canaan, Conn., and after the death of his father
moved to Vermont, where he died quite suddenly of apoplexy. His wife died of
consumption. He d. in 1814; res. Chittenden Co., Vt.

1519. i. David, b. Mar. 4, 1796; m. Margaret Karr.

602. Tarball Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
June 30, 1763; m. in Huntington, Pa., Dec. 15, 1785, Mrs. Lois Lawrence, widow of
James Hopkins, b. June "7, 1757, d. Aug. 30, 1840.

Tarball Whitney was born in Canaan, Conn. Soon after the death
of his father he moved to Poultney, Vt., and was residing there in 1781,
for his name is found on the tax list. Later he moved to Huntington, Pa.,
and still later to Almond, N. Y., where he died. His wife was the widow of
James Hopkins, who was killed by the Indians at the battle of Wyoming.
She left the valley on foot, carrying her child with her in her arms, though soon to
give birth to another. There is a tradition in the family that he was named after an
Indian chief. This is probably erroneous, the name Tarball comes from an old
family in Groton, Mass., where Tarball's ancestor resided. He d. Aug, 17, 1850,
res. Almond, N. Y.; Poultney, Vt., in 1781.

RuFUS, b. Dec. IB, 1796; m. Laura Maria Picket.

William, b. Apr. 23, 1802; m. Louisa Allen.

Ami, b. July 28, 1793; m. Rachel Osgood.

Sarah, b. Aug. 28, 1787; m. 1808 Joseph Karr; res. Almond, N. Y.
She d. Feb. 4, 1833; son Joseph, res. Almond.

Solomon, b. Apr. 29, 1790; m. Sarah A. Haskins.

Tarball, b. Mar. 14, 1800; d. Sept. 6, 1803.

603. Solomon Whitney (Solomon, David, Joshua, John), b. Canaan, Conn.,
Nov. 15, 1766; m. at Poultney, Vt., Polly Marshall, b. Aug. 17, 1767; d. Feb. 23, 1837,
at Poultney.

He was born at Canaan, Conn., and soon after reaching his majority moved to
Poultney, Vt. There he married, purchased land and conducted a large farm until
his death in 1854, He d. Sept. 1854; res. Poultney, Vt.

1526. i. John. b. Sept. 1, 1791; m. Sally Hollenbeck.

1520.

iv.

1521.

VI.

1.522.

111.

1523.

1.

1524.

ii.

1525.

V.

118 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1527. ii. Sally, b. Feb. 23, 1787; m. in Poultney, Oliver Lawrence Angevine,

He was b. 1779; d. Poultney, Vt., Sept. 26, 1870, ae. 91, was a
farmer. Ch.: Solomon; Mary; Harriett, m. James Howe, res.
Martinsburg, Mo.; Hiel; Charity, m. Nathaniel Mitchell, res.
Fairhaven, V^t.; James; Mary; Ann; Parcellus, res. Omro, Wis.;
John; Harvey; Sarah, m. Henry Farmer, res. Fairhaven.

1528. iii. Solomon, b. June 4, 1793; m. Nancy Hurlbut.

1529. iv. Lucy, b. Nov. 11, 1786; m. Harvey Finel; res. Poultney, Vt.

1530. v. Polly, b. May 22, 1796; m. in Poultney, Caleb Butler. Soon after

their marriage they moved to Waukegan, 111., where they
resided.

1531. vi. Chester, b. May 22, 1798; m. Ruth Crane. He d. Aug. 6, 1845,

in Poultney, Vt.

1532. vii. Lydia, b. Apr. 8, 1800; m. Harvey Malary.

1533. viii. Ruth, b. Sept. 22, 1804; m. in Poultney, Vt., A. B. Church; res.

Rochester, N. Y., and Hamburg, S. C.

1534. ix. ICHABOD, b. May 7, 1789; d. unm. 1807.

1535. X. Eliza, b. Mar. 4, 1807.

604. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. Brunswick, Me.^
Sept. 15, 1732; m. Mary .

He was born in Brunswick, Me., and during the French and Indian war in
1754 was taken prisoner to Quebec. He was sold for a certain sum and released in
1761, after the war was over. There is a petition in the statehouse at Boston which
he sent to the Great and General Court, praying for ransom. In the records of the
First Baptist Church at New Meadows there is this entry:

"Samuel Whitney, deacon, dismissed to a church to be gathered at St. John's
River, eastward."

Mary Whitney, wife of Deacon S. W., dismissed to St. John's River, October,
1765. It would be interesting to know if the town of Whitneyville resulted from this
dismissal; res. , Me.

1536. i. Ebenezer, b. ; m. .

1537. ii. Joel, b. . He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and d. unm.

at Plattsburg, N. Y., in the service in 1812 of fever.

1538. iii. Thomas G.,b. ; m. , and Mrs. Thornton.

605. Jonathan Whitney' (Samuel, John, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec.
21, 17:34; m. at Bath, Me., Mary Austin.

He was born in the old town of York, Me., but moved to Brunswick with his
parents at an early age. He settled in Bath, Me., and died there in his eighty-fourth
year. He was captured by the Indians at New Meadows in Bath when but seventeen
years of age. He was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He d. Nov. 1816; res.
Bath, Me.

1539. Amos, b. Apr. 18, 1766; m. Abigail Springer.

604a. Abraham Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1752; m. in
Lisbon, Aphia Coombs, b. ; d. . He was a farmer; was in the Revolution-
ary war and received a pension. He d. ; res. Lisbon, Me.

Abram, b. ; m. Ann Conant.

Peter, b. ; m. Hinckley.

Benjamin, b. Nov. 29, 1776; m. Bethiah Woodward.

Thomas, b. ; m. Susan Cowing.

Sarah, b. Feb. 22, 1792; m. Jan. 1, 1812, William Woodward; res.
Lisbon. She d. Feb. 20, 1845; he m. 2d Oct. 19, 1845, Betsey
Clough. He d. in Lewiston, Jan. 28, 1880. Ch. : Moses, b. Oct. 22,.
1812; Nathan Coombs, b. Aug. 17, 1814; Abram Whitney, b.
Feb. 4, 1817; Harriett Whittemore, b. Mar. 1,1819; Jane S., b.
Dec. 2, 1820; Marcia Ann, b. May 6, 1824; Wm. Gardner F.„
b. Apr. 24, 1836; Susan Elizabeth, b. May 22, 1837.

1545. vi. Mercy, b. ; m. John Godfrey.

1546. vii. Joseph Stockbridge, b. ; m. Betsey Philbrook.

1547. viii. Isaac, b. ; drowned, ae. 20.

1548. ix. Aphia, b. ; d. ae. 18.

1549. x. MEHiTABLE,b. ; m, Jesse Allen.

606a. Jacob Whitney (Benjamin, John Benjamin, John), said to have been
in Conn, and his father was Jacob; b. Lisbon, Me., June 11, 1763; m. July 11,1787^

1540.

i.

1541.

n.

1542.

ni.

1543.

iv.

1544.

v.

1551.

11.

1552.

111.

1553.

Vlll.

1554.

1.

1555.

IV.

1556.

V.

1557.

VI 1.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 119-

Hannah Mills; b. July 17, 1760; d. . He was in the Revolutionary war. He

d. May, 1846; res. Phillips, Me.

1550. vi. Samuel L., b. Aug. 3, 1799; m. Belinda S. Howard.

James M., b. Oct. 9, 1790; m. , Hinckley.

Christopher A., b. Apr. 3, 1793; m. Adeline Howard.

JosiAH S., b. Aug. 1, 1807; res. in Chippewa Falls, Wis., in 1875.

Mary M., b. June 27, 1788.

Patience, b. Feb. 26, 1795.

Joseph, b. Tan. 26, 1797.

John B., b. Nov. 5, 1801.

607a. Nathan Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. about 1768; m.
Sarah Godfrey; d. Mar. 21, 1827; m. 2d Fanny Shepard. He was a farmer. He d.
in Sept., 1849; res. Lisbon and Gardiner, Me.

1558. i. Abiezer H., b. Mar. 29, 1794; m. Elizabeth White and Mrs. Susan

Yeaton.

1559. ii. Rebecca S., b. 1801; m. at Lisbon, Robert Gould; b. Pitson, Me.,

1796; d. at Gardiner in 1835. He was a merchant and ship
owner. Ch.: Geo. A., lost at sea in 1843 in the brig " Netarnis' ;
Henry G., res. 34 Coney St., New Orleans, La.; F. Delia;
Edward G., d. aged three years; Sarah E., d. in Tryon, N. C, in
1892; her dau. is Mrs. F. A. Bowman, at Tryon, N. C.; Robert.

1560. iii. Bathsheba, b. 1800; m. Hamlin; d. s. p.

1561. iv. John G., b. Mar. 3, 1798; m. Mary Allen.

1562. V. Otis, b. ; m. twice.

1563. vi. Elias S., b. 1809; m. Sarah Godfrey.

1564. vii. Thankful, b. ; m. Kimball.

1565. viii. Hannah, b. ; m. Folsom.

1566. ix. Calvin, b. ; m. twice.

1567. X. Selinda, b. ; m. Bragdon.

1568. xi. Nathan, b. .

1569. xii. Sarah, b. .

1570. xiii. RuEL, b. .

610. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, John, Benjamin, John), b. 1774; m. Lydia
Curit; res. , Me.

1571. i. Eliza, b. .

1572. ii. Jacob, b. Oct. 14, 1804; m. .

1573. lii. John, b.

1574. iv. Isabel, b. — .

1575. V. Mercy, b. .

1576. vi. Lydia, b. .

1577. vii. Samuel, b. .

616. Capt. Moses Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel. Benjamin, John), b. Gor-

ham. Me., 1739; m. Mollv Page, b. England; d. ; m. 2d. Abigail ; d. Oct.

8, 1844.

He was a man of remarkable physical strength and courage. He was a sturdy,
unyielding, self-reliant character, but with much kindness of heart. He moved to
Harrison, Me., from Gorham, in 1815. He was captain in the French and Indian
war, and also served in the Revolutionary war. Ridlon, in his History of Harrison,
says: "The Whitney family is remarkable for its firmness and force of character of
its members. Indeed they are a people of singular stability and persistency of pur-
pose. They have been possessed of strong physical organizations, and frequently
lived to be very old. Public spirited and progressive they have been foremost in
defending the rights of their countrymen, and in all matters designed for the eleva-
tion and well-being of society." He d. Apr. 12, 1820; res. Harrison, Me.

1578. i." Enoch, b. in 1769; m. Eunice Newcomb, Mrs. Kendall and Mrs..

Dennett.

Moses, b. ; d. young.

Richard, b. ; m. .

Samuel, b. in 1780; m. Margaret Darrow.

Molly, b. ; m. Lemuel Rounds, and rev. to Ohio.

Betsey, b. ; m. Jonas Gates, and rev, to New York state..

Lucy, b. ; m. John Greenlaw, of Brownfield.

1579.

ii.

1580.

111.

1581.

IV.

1582.

V.

1583.

VI.

1584.

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120 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1585. viii. Susanna, b. ; m. Jan. 22, 1809, Dea. Seth Carsley; res. H.

He was b. Gorham, July 18, 1782, but res. in Harrison, where he
purchased land of Thomas Perley, of Boxford, Mass. He built
the first house in Bridgeton, was one of the original members of
the F. W. Baptist church, was early chosen a deacon and held
the office during life; was a man of honor and integrity and
esteemed for his sincere piety. At his death. Mar. 27, 1874, he
was the oldest man in the town. His wife d. Dec. 16, 1873. Ch.:
Maria, b. Feb. 2, 1810; d. unm. July 29, 1839; Susanna, b. Dec.
11, 1811; m. Stephen Blake; Edward P., b. Mar, 25, 1815; unm.;
res. Otisfield; Nathan, b. Apr. 20, 1817; m. his cousin, Elizabeth
Whitney; res. Harrison; John, b. July 16, 1820; m. Adaline
Blake; Mary A., b. Feb. 21, 1823; m. Stephen Blake; Richard P.,
b. Apr. 13, 1826; m. Caroline M. Hayes; res. Newton, Mass.

1586. ix. Sally, b. ; m. Rev. Joseph Phinney, of H. He was

born in Gorham, married and settled in Harrison. He
preached for several years; was very unlike his brother — eccen-
tric, rough, and loud spoken, who was gentle and a great singer.
He became somewhat deranged in latter years, and died about
1870. Ch.: Esther, b. July 16, 1813; m. Jacob Kilbourn, of
Waterford, Me.; Jane B., Dec. 9, 1816; m. Amos Libby; she d.
Nov. 10, 1872; Nancy G., b. Mar. 24, 1819; m. Oliver P. Haskell,
of Windham; Sarah H., b. Oct. 16, 1821; d. unm.; Andrew R.,
b. Tune 22, 1824; d. unm. 1848.

618. JosiAH Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Cape Cod, m.
Cape Cod, Hannah Bastow, b. Cambridge, Mass., 1732; d. 1807, at Cape Breton. He
d. Queens Co., Salmon River, N. B., 1810; res. Gasby, Ca., and Salmon River, N. B.

1587. i. JosiAH, b. ; m. Elizabeth Harding.

1588. ii. Seth, b. .

1589. iii. John, b. 1781; m. .

1590. iv. NoALS, b. .

1591. V. Eliab T., b. Dec. 17, 1789; m. Lydia Butterworth and Lydia

Williams.

1592. vi. Hannah, b. .

1593. vii. Margaret, b. .

1594. viii. Sally', b. .

1595. ix. Martha, b.

620. Asa Whitney' (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.,

Dec, 1754; m. 1st Flora; b. ; d. ; m. 2d, at Cape Cod, Mass., 1782, Phebe

Hopkins, dau. of the signer of the Dec. of Independence Stephen Hopkins. He d.
Dec. 17, 1806; res. Gorham, Me.

George W.. b. June 14, 1792; m. Mary Whitney.
Samuel, b. Aug. 29, 1777; m. Hannah Snow, Mary Rich, and Mrs.
Mary (Piper) Ring.

John, b. ; m. Rich.

Benjamin, b. ; res. Kingston, Canada.

1596.

1.

1697.

n.

1598.

iii.

1599.

IV.

1600.

V.

1601.

VI.

1602.

VII.

1603.

Vlll.

1604.

IX.

1605.

X.

Annie, b.

Erie, b. .

Mary, b. .

Hannah, b. ; m.

Eunice, b. .

Roxanna, b. .

621. Abel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Gorham, Me.;

m. Thankful Morton. He. d. ; res. Standish, Me.

1606. i. Nathaniel, b. ; m. .

626. Joel Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at York, Me., May
21, 1743; m. at Falmouth, Me., Mary Weston.

He was born in the old town of York, Me., married at Falmouth, now Portland,
and about 1767 moved to Chandler's River, now the town of Jonesboro, Me., where
he afterward resided and where he died. It is said they had two daughters and
eight sons and that their descendants are scattered from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
He was always a farmer. He d. 1789; res. Falmouth and Chandler's River, Me.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 121

1607. i. Mary, b. .

1608. ii. Ephraim, b. Nov., 7, 1770; m. Sarah Noyes.

1609. vii. Paul, b. Jan. 10, 1785; m. Catherine Barker.

1610. ix. Porter, b. .

629. Zebulon Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in York, Nov. 27,
1747; m. Joanna Stone. He served in the Revolutionary war in the Massa-
chusetts state troops, and Apr. 4, 1835, was granted a pension while living in Cumber-
land Co., Me.; res. Gorham, Me.

1611. i. Abigail, b. 1775.

1612. ii. Happy, b.

1613. iii. Mattie, b.

1614. iv. RuFUS, b.

1615. V. Eli, b. Aug. 16, 1786.

1616. vi. Eunice, b. .

1617. vii. Hannah, b. .

1618. viii. Tabitha, b. ; m. .

1619. ix. Almira, b. 1798.

632. MiCHA Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham, Me.,
Dec. 11, 1752; m. Hannah Cobb; d. 1834. He was a blacksmith and during the Revo-
lutionary war was a soldier in. the company from New Vineyard, Me.; was also
sergt. in the war of 1812; was granted a pension in 1818. He d. June 19, 1829; res.
Gorham and Phillips, Me.

1620. i. Joel, b. May 7, 1787; m. Sally Dyer, Sarah Compton, and Betsey

Chase.

Sally, b. ^ — ; m. James Humphrey.

Ebenezer, b. ■ — ; m. Dorcas Parlin; res. Freeman, Me.

Joanna, b. ; m. Caleb Sylvester.

Andrew, b. May 5, 1795; m. June, 1816, Huldah Sweetser; res.

Phillips, Me.

Lydia, b. ,

Charlotte, b.

1621.

ii.

1622.

111.

1623.

IV.

1624.

V.

1625.

vi.

1626.

vn.

1627.

Vlll.

1628.

IX.

1629.

X.

1630.

XI.

1631.

Xll.

Wm. p., b. May 3, 1783; m. Nancy I. Carlton.

Mary, b. — ^ ; m. Reubin Smith.

Happy, b. ; m. Samuel W. Phoenix, of Phillips, Me.

Benjamin, b. 1806; m. Susan Wells.
Nahum, b. .

633. Daniel Whitney (Abel, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Sept. 26, 1754; m.
Res. Gorham, Me.

1632. i. Jesse, b. ; m. Mary Sawyer, Charity and .

637. Isaac Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. York, Me., Dec. 28,
1748; m. 1771, Mary Crockett, of Gorham, b. 1752; d. July 29, 1832.

Isaac was born at York, but soon moved to Gorham, where he married his wife.
In 1775 he purchased a farm in Gorham of his wife's father, on which they settled
and on which he died. She was the daughter of Samuel Crockett, of Gorham. His
farm was, in 1874, in the possession of his grandson. He was in the Revolutionary
war in the Massachusetts line, and Apr. 18, 1818, was granted a pension. In 1833
he was living in Cumberland Co., Me. He d. Oct. 21, 1837; res. Gorham, Me.

Sarah, b. 1772.

Edmund, b. May 4, 1774; m. Martha Meserve.

Samuel, b. May 4, 1774.

Joseph, b. Aug. 16, 1776.

Isaac L., b. May 29, 1781; m. Margaret C. Leach.

Adam, b. 1784.

Polly, b. 1786.

Sophia, b. 1795.

639. Stephen Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. in Saco, Mar. 19,
1755; m. Patty Irish, a daughter of the first white child who was born in Gorham. He
was in the Revolutionary army, serving in the Rhode Island line, and was granted a

pension, Apr. 18, 1818. He d. ; res. Gorham and Bridgton, Me.

1641. i. Stephen, b. May 5, 1799; m Mayberry.

1633.
1634.

i.
ii.

1635.

111.

1636.

IV.

1637.

V.

1638.

vi.

1639.

vii.

1640.

Vlll

1642.

1643.

ii.

1644.

in.

1645.

iv.

1646.

V.

1647.

VI.

1648.

vn.

1649.

Vlll.

1650.

IX.

1651.

X.

122 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

642. Barnabas Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. at Gorham,
Me., Aug. 18, 1766; m. at Goldsboro, Jan. 1, 1789, Sarah Walker. He settled in
Pownal; in 1808 he moved to Freeman, where he died. He d. Oct. 19, 1833; res.
Pownal and Freeman, Me.

Isaac, b. ; was in war of 1812.

John, b. ; m. .

Sewell Pitt, b. Mar. 19, 1798; m. Annie Tuttle.

Constant Hopkins, b. .

Marshall H., b. Jan. 15, 1800; m. Lavina Lace.

James Paine, b. ; res. Laurence, Kan. (75.)

Rebecca, b. .

Louisa, b. .

Polly, b. .

Sally, b. .

645. Henry Whitney (Isaac, Nathaniel, Benjamin, John), b. Saco, Me., in 1774;

m. Abigail Walker; b. ; d. . His father died at his house. He d. 1846;

res. Freeport and Chesterville, Me.

1652. i. Henry, b. Feb. 7, 1804; m. Rebecca Fellows.

1653. ii. , b. ; m. Lainscott; son Joseph A. res. Augusta,

Me.

1654. iii. Geo. W., b. Oct. 8, 1809; m. Violet Haines.

1655. iv. Hiram, b. 1815; m. Susan P. Lunt.

1656. v. Ambrose, b. .

654. Lieut. Jesse Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Nov. 24,^
1730; m. in Mendon, Sept. 22, 1757, Mary Cheney, b. abt. 1736; d. June 25, 1777; m.
2d, Apr. 19, 1779, Mrs. Ruth (Legg) Wight, b. Feb. 30, 1739; d. Oct. 21, 1785; m. 3d
(int.) July 5, 1794, Abigail Rawson.

He inherited part of his father's estate, on which he lived and died. Was lieut.
in the Revolutionary army, and his civil and social standing was of the best. His will
is dated Apr. 17, 1810, and it was probated May 23, 1815. Lieut. David Stearnes was
exec. He d. Apr. 26, 1815; res. Milford, Mass.

1657. ix. Levi, b. Oct. 21, 1763; d. June, 1788, at Weedsport, N. Y., by fall-

ing from a tree.

1658. i. Olive, b. Feb. 9, 1758; m. her cousin, Nathan Whitney (see).

1659. ii. Susanna, b. July 12, 1759; d. Apr. 6, 1760, in Mendon.

1660. iii. Rhoda, b. Oct. 8, 1760; m. Dec. 7, 1779, William Hayden, of Hop-

kinton.

1661. iv. Hachaliah, b. Apr. 5, 1762; m. Abigail Nelson and Mrs. Olive

(Madden) Cobb.

1662. V. Lucy, b. July 17, 1765; m. Apr. 6, 1786, Joseph Chamberlain, of

Hopkinton. He was born Dec. 27, 1762; d. Aug. 20, 1800. Ch.:
Whitney, Jesse, George, William, Levi, Joseph, Richard. A
grandson is Joseph, of Oberlin, O. Another grandson is Wm. H.,
of Raleigh, N. C.

1663. vi. Ruth, b. July 17, 1765; d. July 31, 1765, in Mendon.

1664. vii. Asa, b. Sept. 4, 1766; d. Oct. 7, 1768, in Mendon.

1665. viii. Anna, b. July 13, 1770; m. Nov. 27, 1791, William Abbey, b. 1768,

in Hopkinton.

1666. viiij. Betsey, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. May 31, 1811.

1667. ix. Hannah, b. Sept. 15, 1788; d. Sept. 11, 1805.

1668. X. Anna, b. Jan. 13, 1792; m. Dec. 16, 1813, Charles Barnes; m. 2d.

Jan. 21, 1829, Alex Cheney, d. Nov. 2, 1843. Ch.: Lucy, b. Aug. 9,
1816; d. Nov. 30, 1837; Laura Ann, b. June 11, 1831 ; d. Mar. 16, 1845;
Anna, d. Apr. 27, 1854.

1669. xi. Elias, b. Feb. 4, 1795; d. Jan. 4, 1797.

656. Capt. Jonathan Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), b. Mil-
ford, Mass., July 26, 1737; m. both of Mendon, Nov. 7, 1760, Esther Parkhurst, b.
June 22, 1741; d. Dec. 6, 1812, in Milo, N. Y.

Jonathan Whitney was born in Mendon, in that part subsequently Milford,
Mass., and soon after his marriage in 1761 moved to Conway, where he resided until
1782. With his son, Joel, he went in 1789 to Ontario Co., N. Y., cut a stock of hay on
the " Old Castle " farm near Geneva and put in four or five acres of wheat, put up a

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 123

log house 18 feet square and roofed it up with bark, and returned home to Conway
in the fall. In 1791 with his family he moved to the " Old Castle " farm with ox teams
and were some seventeen days on the road.

Jonathan was in the Revolutionary war and was at the siege of Ticonderoga.
The trees about the fort had been felled to allow the guns to be used. One tree,
however, remained upright, against which another had fallen in a slanting direction.
He climbed into the crotch of the upright tree and fired into the fort, a party under
the tree loading the guns and handing them up to him. It was some time before he
was discovered and driven away by the garrison.

His military record is. as follows:

Revolutionary War Archives.

Lexington Alarm,
Vol. 13, p. 21
Jonathan Whitney, Sarg., Conway, No., miles 216, served 16 days
Capt. Robert Oliver's Co. in ye Regiment commanded By Samuel Williams,
Who march for the Relief of the Country April 22d, 1775.

Robert Oliver Capt.
Vol. 28, p. 112.
List of Militia Officers 1776,
Appointed and Commissioned
5th Regt., in Hampshire Co.
Thomas French Capt. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
Jona. Whitney 1st Lieut. May 3, 1776, 7th Co.
Jonathan Whitney Lieut, engaged July 10th, discharge Aug. 12, 1777, in Capt.
Benj. Phillip's Co., Col. Elisha Porter's Regt., from Hampshire Co.

Vol. 28,

Mass. Militia Officers

Hampshire Co.,

June 19, 1780. Jonathan Whitney Capt. 7th Co. 5th Regt.

He d. Aug. 22, 1792; res. Milford and Conway, Mass., and Milo, N. Y.

Nathan, b. Oct. 18, 1761; m. Olive Whitney and Thankful Cald-
well.
Abigail, b. Mar. 12, 1764; m. in Conway Apr. 2, 1787, Simeon

Amsden, b. Apr. 20, 1763; d. Aug. 16, 1832.
Joel, b. Nov. 13, 1766; m. Sybil Whitmore.

Esther, b. Dec. 16, 1769; m. in Conway Aug. 31, 1789, Solomon
Gates, b. Oct. 4, 1761. She d. Aug. 16, 1848.

1674. V. Experience, b. June 6, 1772; m. June 25, 1789, at Conway, Immer

Crittenden, b. Mar. 17, 1776, d. Dec. 16, 1826. She d. Feb. 5,
1826.

1675. vi. Jonas, b. May 12, 1775; m. Catherine Parker.

1676. vii. Ruth, b. Feb. 18, 1778; d. young.

1677. viii. Ammi, b. Jan. 18, 1781; m. Anna Amsden.

1678. ix. Parkhurst, b. Sept. 15, 1784; m. Celinda Cowing.

658. David Whitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Benjamin, John), bap. Sept. 21,
1746; m. Rachel . He was a farmer; res. Conway, Mass.

1679. i. Jonathan, b. Mar. 13, 1770; m. Lucy Washburn.

1680. ii. Mercy, b. Sept. 10, 1771; m. Dec. 26, 1795, Ezra Bond, of Con-

way.

1681. iii. Lydia, b. Feb. 13, 1773; m. Nov. 4, 1794, Mark Bangs, of Mon-

tague.

1682. iv. Rachel, b. Apr. 1, 1775; d. 1784.

1683. v. Ruby, b. Mar. 3, 1776; m. Oct. 14, 1798, Calvin Bartlett, of Con-

way.

1684. vi. Prudence, b. Mar. 12. 1778; d. 1796.

1685. vii. Polly, b. Nov. 22, 1779; m. Oct. 22, 1800, Abel De Wolf, of Con-

way.

1686. viii. Leinder, b. Dec. 9, 1781.

1687. ix. David, b. Apr. 19. 1785; d. 1787.

1688. X. Ruth. b. Sept. 26, 1788; d. in infancy.

1689. xi. Ruth, b. Sept. 26, 1789.

661. Elias Whitney (Elias, Jonathan. Benjamin, John), b. June 15, 1750; m.
Apr. 10, 1772, Lucy Barnes, b. Hingham, Mass., June 15, 1750; d. Oct. 15, 1818. He

1670.

i.

1671.

ii.

1672.
1673.

iii
iv

124 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

settled finally on the paternal homestead. He was the worthy head of a worthy fam-
ily. He was so strictly conscientious that when the pension law had passed, favor-
ing with pensions the surviving Revolutionary soldiers, and his papers were all made
out making perfectly valid his claim, on hearing them read over and finding that he
had got to swear that he was a needy applicant, he positively refused to make oath
or to have his pension on such terms, declaring that he was not thus needy, but had
lived and could live without the pension. He was told that others much richer than
himself made no scruples of swearing that they needed the preferred pension; but,
though in really moderate circumstances, he persistently stuck to his scruples. He
made his will Jan. 16, 1825. It was probated July 1, 1828. He served in the Revolu-
tionary army, in Capt. Jennison's company from Mendon, Mass. He d. May 22, 1828;
res. Milford, Mass.

1690. i. Abigail, b. Mar. 6, 1773; m. 1798, Barnard Boyden; b. Mar. 6, 1773.

Ch.: Elias, b. July 5, 1799; Ellis, b. ; res. Milford.

1691. ii. Mellen, b. Dec. 9, 1774; m. Jane Richardson.

1692. iii. Rebecca, b. Dec. 14, 1776; m. June 22, 1797, Amos Howard, b.

Oct. 2, 1769; d. Sept. 1, 1829. She d. Nov. 25, 1827; res. Milford.
Ch.: Sibbia, b. May 22, 1798; Lucy, b. Dec. 22, 1799; d. June 30,
1822; John, b. June 10, 1802; m. Chloe A.Gould; Margaret, b.
Feb. 9, 1805; d. Mar. 3, 1832; Amos, b. Apr. 2, 1807; m. Elvira
Gould; Emery, b. Apr. 11, 1809; d. Jan. 9, 1829; Rebecca, b.
Aug. 4, 1812; m. Sewell H. Gould; Andrew J., b. Dec. 7, 1818;
m. Laurinda Howard.

1693. iv. Lydia, b. Apr. 12. 1779; m. 1798, Abijah Clark; b. Sept., 1776; res.

Becket, Mass. She d. bef. 1808. Ch.: Alexander, Whitney,
Eliza and Stearnes.

1694. V. Jonathan, b. May 9, 1781; m. Lavina Coombs.

1695. vi. Laban, b. Oct. 24, 1783; m. Olive Green.

1696. vii. Lucy, b. Jan. 6, 1786; m. Feb. 1, 1803, John Wood; rem. Barre, Vt.

Although the records of Mrs. Wood's native town show her to
have been born Jan. 6, it is related that Mrs. Wood a few years
ago changed the date in the family Bible to the 16th, and she
now insists on observing the later date. Mrs. Wood was born at
Jaffrey, N. H., Jan. 6, 1786, and is therefore three years older
than the Federal government. She has witnessed the rise and
fall of every political party and every presidential campaign
from the days of Washington to those of Grover Cleveland's
second triumph? Her maiden name was Lucy Whitney, being
one of a family of 11 children. At the age of 9 years her father
moved to Milford, Mass. During her 16th year she was a pupil
in a Milford singing school, John Wood, a young man from the
adjoining town of Mendon, also trying to master the difficult
"do, me, sol." While rehearsing their parts together Cupid
accomplished his purpose, and on Feb. 1,1803, the young couple
were made man and wife lay Amariah Frost. They went to Vt.
to Barre. The young husband built a cottage on the east hill.
There were no doors or windows. The fireplace and chimney
were constructed of stone, and the house was divided into two
rooms by a blanket hung in the center. Mr. Wood erected an
oven in the clearing outside the house, and Mrs. Wood proudly
declares that the best cooking she has ever done was performed
in that ancient oven. As soon as the house was finished both
husband and wife worked early and late to clear the land and
burn the brushwood about the dwelling. On many nights dur-
ing the absence of Mr. Wood, who had gone to the nearest set-
tlement for supplies, the good wife has sat by the candle light
through the midnight hours keeping a bright fire burning to
scare away the wolves that were howling about the house.
Sometimes they were brave enough to come by the blanket
which covered the door, not daring to proceed further for fear
of the flames.

Mr Wood was a teamster for the United States government
in the war of 1812, his route being from Wells river to Burling-
ton. The care of the farm and family devolved upon Mrs.
Wood, During her husband's absence the house caught fire

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 125

and was devoured by the flames. She hastened to a place of
safety, but remembering that her oldest child was sleeping in
the house, she re-entered the building and took her child to a
safe place. The brave woman was severely burned in this act,
and still carries the scars. This daughter died a few years ago,
aged 73. The neighbors proved to be friends in the hour of
need, and when Mr. Wood returned home, greatly to his sur-
prise, he found a new house nearly completed. In one of the
early winters there was no track of man or team at her door
for a period of six weeks. Her oldest children went to school
in a barn on the Carleton farm. There was but one preacher in
town. Rev. Aaron Palmer. Robert Paddock was the only physi-
cian, and the only merchant was Jack Pollard. For his service
in the battle of Plattsburg Mr. Wood drew a land warrant. He
died in Boston March 24, 1857. After his death Mrs. Wood
managed the farm seven years, and then removed to Barre
village, where she now resides on Hill street with her daughter
Sophia, who is now 76 years old, and spends her entire time
caring for her aged mother. Mrs. Wood has had 10 other chil-
dren ; three sons are now living — Charles, who resides at Orange;
Phineas, at Newport, and Warren, at Auburn, R. I. She claims
to have 40 living grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild 17
years old. She is the last survivor of her father's family, there
having been five older and five younger. In her 99th year she
made a bedquilt containing 5,876 pieces, which has taken
premiums at several county fairs. To the casual visitor she
does not appear to be so old, although she is very thin and much
wrinkled. Her memory is very good, and she remembers
events of her childhood with perfect clearness, delightuig to
relate early reminiscences of the state and the noted men she
has met. She can recall the events of the war of 1812, and
often she has told the young people gathered about her how the
patriotic men fought and the hardships they endured for their
country in the early days of the present century. In her youth
Mrs. Wood was a Congregationalist, but after her marriage and
settlement in Barre, she joined the Methodist society, and has
since been a stanch adherent of its creeds. She retains her
faculties to a remarkable degree, her only weakness being her
great deafness and lameness, though she can move about the
house with the aid of chairs. She still retains her business
faculty, and until very recently conducted her own affairs. In
1891 Mrs. Wood petitioned Congressfor a pension on the ground
that her husband was a teamster in the war of 1812, and Con-
gress, by a special act, granted her S12 per month. Last year
Mrs. Wood was made a member of R. B., Crandall Woman's
Relief Corps, and was appointed an aide upon the staff of the
department president, and at the last State convention a depart-
ment badge was voted to her, she being the oldest member of
the order. For several years she has ridden in the Grand Army
parade on Memorial days. The old lady has enjoyed many
a birthday party, the one on her 100th being, perhaps, the most
notable. Crandall Relief Corps, with her relatives and neigh-
bors, celebrated with her the 107th anniversary of her birth.
She died Jan. 31, 1893. Her children were: Willis, born in
Mendon, Mass.; Horace, Ellas, Celinda H., Phinneas, Laura,
Sophia M., b. July 28, 1818, still living unm. ; Charles L., Warren F.

668. Jonathan Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Benjamin, John), b. Sherborn;
Mass., Sept. 25, 1734; m. in Waltham, June 15, 1758, Eunice Marshall, b. Oct. 2, 1736,
d. Sept., 1799. He was a soldier at the battle of Bunker Hill from Hopkinton, Mass.
He d. in 1800; res. Framingham and Dalton, Mass.

1697. i. Isaac, b. Sept. 26, 1768; m. Caroline Harmon.

1698. ii. Amos, b. Sept. 27, 1764.

1699. iii. Persis, b. Aug. 20, 1769; m. Lasure.

126 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1701.

V.

1702.

vi.

1703.

vii.

1704.

viii

1705.

IX.

1706.

1707.

1708.

111.

1709.

iv.

1710.

V.

1711.

VI.

1712.

vii.

171.3.

viii.

1700. iv. David, b. Nov. 3, 1761; killed by Indians at the battle of Stony
Raba on the Mohawk, Oct. 19, 1780. He was in the company
commanded by Capt. Ely.

Eunice, b. Nov. 16, 1763; m. Marshall. She d. Oct. 1, 1842.

Esther, b. Apr. 13, 1766; m. Cyrus Rockwood.

Asaph, b. June 21, 1770; m. Bethiah Hopkins.

Sarah, b. June 12, 1759.

Olive, b. ; m. Anson Hopkins; res. Bellile, N. Y. A son,

Anson, Jr., resides there.

680. Isaac Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Apr. 17,

1770; m. ; m. 2d Mrs. Susanna (Turnback) Hall, b. Pennsylvania, May

11, 1780; she m. 3d a Mr. Dodge and had one child by him. She d. at Ray, Mich.,
Feb. 9, 1867.

He was born in Natick, Mass., emigrated to New York, and died in Middlesex
in 1817. He was a kind husband and father, and true Christian man. He was a
pioneer in that section when it was settled by the Indians, with whom he was on
friendly terms. He was also able to converse with them in their dialect. After the
death of his first wife he married a widow, Mrs. Hall, for his second wife, and she had
five children by her first husband and one by her third. Isaac was an extensive
farmer and one of the largest in that part of New York. He d.in 1817; res. Middle-
sex, Ontario Co., N. Y.

Jason, b. ; m. and went to Texas.

Robert, b. ; d. .

Elizabeth, b. ; m. Osgood, and moved to Michigan,

where they had a large family, and died.

Samuel, b. July 9, 1811; m. Ann Stroup.

John Fisher, b. Oct. 25, 1809; m. Phebe Nelson.

Isaac, b. Nov. 12, 1817; m. Sarah Stroup and Mahala Stroup.

Jesse, b. May 3, 1808; m. Eliza C. Shepherd.

James, b. in Middlesex, N. Y.; m. and d. there s. p. in 1847.

683. Fisher Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Jan. 3,
1775; m. in Italy, N. Y., June, 1797, Patty Watkins, of Partridgefield, Mass.; b. Peru,
in 1780. She m. 2d, at Italy in 1805, Elias Lee; b. 1777; d. Feb. 1, 1825. She d. in
Mass.. Mar , 1849.

Fisher Whitney was born in Natick, Mass. The country around Boston was, in
1775, sparsely settled, and there was little else to do than to cultivate the soil. Fisher
Whitney was, therefore, the son of a Massachusetts farmer — but the farmers in those
days made up the bulk of the population. Stirring events were just then happening
in that vicinity. Before Fisher was a year old, the battles cf Lexington and Bunker
Hill were enrolled in history. Natick, his home, was less than twenty miles distant,
and the terrors of those bloody days made such an impression upon young Fisher's
mind that before he was fifteen he was enrolled as a soldier against King George 111.

Thus the Whitneys are from Revolutionary stock, as will be seen in another
place. Fisher's grandsons, nearly 100 years later, also bore arms for their country.

But Massachusetts did not long retain young Whitney, for, about the year 1795,
he removed to Yates county, N. Y., where, three years later, he married Patty Wat-
kins and settled upon a farm, which he improved while acting as county surveyor.
Two children were born to him, Patty Whitney, born in 1800, and James Watkins
Whitney, born June 21, 1803.

Everything seemed prosperous for this little family when suddenly the father,
in one of his surveying expeditions, took a violent cold which rapidly settled into a
fever, and in three days terminated fatally. He was buried in the family burial
ground on his farm in the town of Italy, Yates county, in April, 1805. Fifty-seven
years later, his grandson. Col. L. H. Whitney, visited his grave, and found his resting-
place marked by a plain slab, which his widow had erected to his memory. She
now sleeps by his side, and by her side repose the ashes of her daughter Patty.

Fisher Whitney was a dark haired, dark complexioned man, six feet tall, ath-
letic, and possessed a great aptitude for mathematics. Hence, it was easy for him
to drift into the surveyor's office. He died at the early age of thirty-seven, sincerely
mourned by a large circle of acquaintances. He d. Dec. 19, 1805; res. Italy, N. Y.

1714. i. James Watkins, b. June 21, 1803; m. Betsey Harper.

1715. ii. Patty Watkins, b. Sept. 9, 1800; m. Jan. 15, 1823, Jason Gris-

wold; res. Italy, N. Y. Ch.: Fisher, b. Mar. 28, 1825; res. Italy;

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Sophronia, b. Nov. 22, 1823; Lutia Ann, b. July 23, 1830; m. Oct.,
1852; Mary Armborn, b. July 23, 1830; m. July 27, 1852. He d.
abt. 1850. She d. June, 1880.

685. Capt. George Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. in 1777, in
Natick, Mass.; m. 1799, Esther Morse, of Natick; b. in 1781, d. Mar. 26, 1836; m. 2d,
1839, Mrs. Azubah Hastings, of Millbury; d. s. p.

He was born in Natick, Mass., where he always resided; was a leading and
public spirited citizen; was captain of the local militia company; member of the
parish committee, and held all the town offices. All his children were noted for their
musical ability and penmanship. He d. Feb. 17, 1849; res. Natick, Mass.

1716. ii. David Morse, b. Nov. 1, 1807; m. Mary Ann Gilmore and Nancy

Wheeler.

1717. i. Hannah, b. Jan. 29, 1802; m. Oct. 10, 1821, Henry Rice, who was

born Nov. 12, 1798, and d. Nov. 23, 1828. The children of this
marriage were as follows: Luis H. Rice, b. June 19, 1822; d.
July 10, 1822. The second child was Mary Elizabeth Rice, who
was born July 31, 1826, and is now living in Dedham, Mass.
She m. Albert Jackson Gleason, June 16, 1849, who d. in 1893.
The children of this marriage were Albert A. Gleason, b. Mar.
7, 1850, d. in Sept., 1851, and George A. Gleason, who was born
May 6, 1853, and is now living in Dedham. The third, Henrietta
b. Nov. 12, 1828, and d. Jan. 11, 1891. She m. on the 22d day of
Jan., 1849, George William Williams, who d. on the 3d of Nov.,
1861. He was b. in Neuhaus an der Oste, in the kingdom of
Hannover, Mar. 24, 1815. He came to this country when a boy,
with Capt. Elisha Bangs, in whose family he lived for several
years while he was at school, which he attended at Brewster
and Plymouth, Mass. After that he followed the sea in the
service of Capt. Bangs for a number of years and was placed
in command of a vessel before he obtained his majority, and
continued as a ship's captain until the time of his death, when
his vessel, the " Maritana," was wrecked in Boston harbor. He
was killed when the ship went to pieces, but a majority of the
crew and passengers were saved. He was m. in Dedham to
Henrietta Rice, and lived there till his death. The children of
this marriage were: Henrietta Louise Williams, b. Mar. 23,
1850, now living in Dedham. She m. Oct. 21, 1875, Louis Lutz,
who was b. June 25, 1838, and d. October 10, 1889. They had
children, now living in Dedham, as follows: Helen Louise Lutz,
b. Dec. 16, 1876; Frederick Louis, b. Sept. 28, 1880, and Roger
Henry Lutz, b. July 18, 1884. The second child, George Fred-
erick Williams, b. July 10, 1852; unm., living in Dedham. His
ancestors are of old Massachusetts stock, and his paternal
ancestors were German and French. He was educated at
private schools until he entered the high school at Dedham; he
entered Dartmouth college in the year 1868. At the end of his
freshman year he went to Germany, where he studied in Ham-
burg for six months, and spent the next year at universities in
Heidelberg and Berlin, making up the studies of sophomore
and junior year in the spring and summer of 1871. He re-entered
his class in Dartmouth, and graduated in 1872. In the winter of
1872 and 1873 he taught school at West Brewster, Mass., and in
the spring and summer of 1873 was on the reportorial staff of
the Boston Globe. He studied law at Boston University, and
was admitted to the Suffolk bar in Oct., 1875. In 1878 Little,
Brown & Co. published his volume of Massachusetts Citations,
and from 1879 to 1887 he edited for that firm volumes X. to
XVII. of the Annual United States Digest. He was elected to
the Dedham School Committee in 1879, and served three years.
He began active participation in politics as a Republican in
1882, and in 1883 organized the Norfolk Republican Club, which
was, and now is, one of the largest political clubs in the state.
In the summer of 1884 he joined the Independent movement,
and was one of the committee on resolutions in the Independent

128 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

convention held at New York. Appointed by the Massachu-
setts Committee of One Hundred one of its executive commit-
tee, he was in August selected as chairman of that committee,
which conducted the state campaign. In 1886 he was chairman
of the Independent committee, organized for the campaign of
Hon. John F. Andrew for the governorship. In 1889 he was
elected to the Massachusetts legislature, where he took an
active part as a Democrat. In 1890 he was elected to the Fifty-
Second Congress from the Ninth Massachusetts District,succeed-
ing a Republican, the Hon. John W. Candler. His political
work has been done in connection with constant work m the
profession of the law, which he has practiced mainly in the
courts of Boston. He has been for many years a member of
the executive committee of the Massachusetts Reform Club,
and has served as secretary, and on the executive committee of
the Dartmouth Alumni Association, of Boston, and as president
of the Dartmouth Club, of Boston. In 1886 he delivered the
Fourth of July oration in Boston, by invitation of the city, and in
' 1889 delivered an address before the faculty and students of
Dartmouth college on the centennial anniversary of the inaugu-
ration of Washington. The third child is Henry Liversidge
Williams, b. Sept. 17, 1855, now living in Dedham. Hannah
Rice m. a second time Joseph Daniels, on the 26th day of Sept.,
1832. They had children, now living: Sarah Anna Daniels, now
Gates, who lives at 18 Oakland street, Brooklyn, N. Y, She was
b. on Sept. 14, 1837. Joseph Henry Daniels, b. August 10, 1834.

1718. iii. George C, b. Feb. 3, 1809; m. Persis Broad.

1719. iv. Freeman Sears, b. Feb. 6, 1812; m. Eveline Perry,

1720. v. Samuel S., b. Jan. 8, 1815; m. Sarah W. Spaulding.

1721. vi. John Aniger, b. Dec. 20, 1817; m. Emily Walker and Lizzie

Thomson.

1722. vii. Ebenezer, b. Dec. 20, 1820; m. Sarah Leighton.

1723. viii. Alvin Fisher, b. 1824; m. Elviria Clemence.

1724. ix. David Morse, b. Mar. 16, 1804; d. Sept. 21, 1805.

1725. X. Sally, b. Dec. 25, 1799; d. Apr. 10, 1802.

686. Jason Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass., Oct. 20,
1780; m. there 1801, Hannah Goodnow, of Natick; d. Dec. 27, 1810; m. 2d Margaret
Green. He d. ; res. Watertown and Natick, Mass.

1726. i. Mary, b. Nov. 26, 1801; d. Dec. 9, 1801.

1727. ii. RoxANNA, b. Feb. 23, 1803; m. Mar., 1829, Ebenezer Blake; b. July

9, 1805. She d. Jan. 29, 1885. Ch.: Rebecca R., b. Feb. 13, 18.31;
m. Geo. E. Weeman; res. So. Bridgton, Me.; George A., b. Sept.
20, 1835; d. Nov. 11, 1889; Joseph Eugene, b. May 20, 1837; res.
Milton, Mass.; Eben F., b. Sept. 20, 1839; res. Lynn, Mass.

1728. iii. Emeline Ann, b. Feb. 6, 1809; m. in Natick in 1827, Elijah

Hersey, of Dedham. He was b. Apr. 26, 1808; boot and shoe
manufacturer. They res. 1232 Madison street, Oakland, Cal. Ch.:
George E., b. May 30, 1830; Emily Frances, b. Sept. 8, 1828;
Edward Whiting, b. Jan. 12, 1833; George Hersey, m., lives in
Gilroy, Cal.; Emily F., m. in Brookline, Mass., May 1, 1845, Abram
H. Lambert, lives in Rock Island, 111.; Edward W.,d. in Elmira
N. Y., Oct. 18, 1863.

1729. iv. Hannah Goodnow, b. Jan. 2, 1807; m. twice and d. s. p.; first

husband m. 1829, Arthur Danforth, of Dedham.

1730. v. Eben Fisher, b. Jan. 10, 1805; n. f. k.

1731. vi. Nancy Goodnow, b. Nov. 26, 1810; m. Wheeler, and Jan.

28, 1844, David Morse Whitney. She res. with Mrs. Charlotte
T. Andrews at Fort Wayne, Ind. Her first husband was killed
in the Texas Rebellion in 1836. They had one son, Samuel H.,
who was born in Natick and enlisted in the late war in Co. H.
13th Mass. Vols. He was lost on the march to Winchester in
1862. Ch.: Frank Hayden Whitney, b. July 30, 1845. He was a
soldier in the 13th Mass. Vols., Company H. (See elsewhere.)

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1732.

i.

1733.

ii.

1734.

iii.

1735.

iv.

1736.

V.

1737.

VI.

1738.

Vll.

1739.

viii.

1740.

IX.

1741.

X.

1742.

XI.

1743.

xii.

1744.

Xlll.

1745.

XIV.

1746.

XV.

1747.

XVI.

1748.

xvii

1749.

XVII

1750.

XIX.

688. Ebenezer Whitney (Jason, Mark, Benjamin, John), b. Natick, Mass.,
Mar. 2, 1784; m. in Framingham, Apr. 8, 1807, Mary Brown, dau. of Aaron and
Martha (Walker) Brown; b. Aug. 1, 1785; d. July 22. 1822; m. 2d Nov. 10, 1821,
Joanna Law, of Acton.

He was born in Natick, Mass., and after his marriage resided on the Beal farms
in that town and at East Sudbury. Later he lived in Wayland. Was an innkeeper
and proprietor of a line of stages at Natick. He d. Sept. 23, 1855; res. Natick and
Wayland, Mass.

■ Charles, b. May 21, 1808.

Martha Ann, b. Feb. 9, 1817; m. Nov. 16, 1834, David E. Allen,

of Dover.
Nancy Childs, b. June 20, 1820; m. Nelson Holmes and res.

Trempeleau, Wis.
Prudence Walker, b. May 14,1822; m. Wm. G. Willson,
Sally Cumings, b. July 26, 1824; d. Dec. 7, 1825.
Hiram Ebenezer, b. June 3, 1826; d. unm.

Sally Cumings, b. Apr. 8, 1828; m. Stone.

Ellen O., b. Mar. 5, 1830; m. Albert Lyon.

Isabella C, b. Oct. 17, 1834; m. Bacon.

Turner, b. Sept. 24, 1842.

George, b. .

Albert M., b. Jan. 16, 1836. Killed in the Rebellion.
Nathaniel D. T., b. May 3, 1838.
Catherine H., b. May 5, 1840; d. June 1, 1842.

George, b. .

Mary Brown, b. Mar. 18, 1813; m. Abraham Bigelow 2d of
Natick, and d. in Dover, Mass., Dec. 9, 1881. Issue (Bigelow
Genealogy, p. 336).
xvii. Charles W.. b. June 13, 1832.

xviii. Catherine, b. ; m. Stone.

Anne E., b. Jan., 1851.

695. Daniel Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John), b. Roxbury, Mass.;
m. Mar. 7, 1769, Sarah Gay; d. Sept. 20, 1824. He d. May" 3, 1820; res. Boston and
Warwick, Mass.

1751. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 5, 1769; m. Oct. 15, 1796, David Adams, of War-

wick.

1752. ii. Elijah, b. Jan. 15, 1771.

1753. iii. Susannah, b. Jan. 31. 1773.

1754. iv. Daniel, b. Dec. 5, 1774; m. .

1755. v. Seneca, b. July 27, 1776; m. 1803, Hannah Moore; b. 1781; d.

May 16, 1848. He d. Apr. 25, 1810; res. Warwick.

1756. vi. Sophia, b. July 12, 1778; d. unm. Mar. 15, 1861.

1757. vii. Betty, b. Aug. 11, 1781.

1758. viii, Joseph Gay, b. Sept. 7, 1784; m. and d. Aug. 7, 1834, in Warwick,

Mass.

1759. ix. Elisha, b. June 24, 1786; m. . .

1760. X. Henry, b. Aug., 30, 1788; m. , ,

696. John Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John. John, John),b. Nov, 29, 1749; m, Apr.
22, 1773, Mary Payson; d. 1816. He d. in 1830; res. Roxbury and Warwick, Mass.

1761. i. John, bap. R. Aug., 1774; d. young,

1762. ii. Mary, b. Sept. 26, 1776.

1763. iii. Sally, b. Feb. 1, 1779; m, 1802 at Warwick, Samuel Mayo.

1764. iv. Nancy, b. Mar. 21. 1781.

• 1765. v. JOHN.b. Apr. 8. 1783; m. .

1766. vi. Lois, b. Aug. 20. 1785; d. unm. Nov. 6, 1820.

698. Lieut. Elisha Whitney (Elijah, Daniel, John, John, John),b. Oct. 6, 1747;
m. in Newton, June 4, 1769, Abigail Dana. His picture, painted by Stuart, is in pos-
session of his gr. son Benj. D; res. West Roxbury. Mass.

1767. i. Experience, b. Feb., 1776; d. Sept. 17, 1777.

1768. ii. Abigail, b. Apr. 10, 1778; m. Nov. 17, 1799, Joseph Seaver, of

Boston. He was b. Dec. 25, 1770; d. Aug. 17, 1811. Ch.: Eliza-
beth Whitney, b. Mar. 23, 1801; m. 1823; d. 1837; Joseph, b. June
17, 1804; m. 1834; d. 1883; Wm. Whitney, b. Apr. 6, 1806; m.

130 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1829; d. 1858; Nathaniel, b. Sept. 24, 1808; d. Aug. 16, 1835;
Abigail Dana, b. Sept. 16, 1810; d. May 11, 1828. A godchild is
is Miss E. A. Seaver, of Lexington, Mass.

1769. iii. Elisha, b. Feb. 4, 1780; m. Sarah Heath.

1770. iv. Asa, b. May 18, 1782; m. Mary Hammond.

1771. V. Pedy, b. July 20, 1784; m. in Roxbury in 1801, Col. Joseph Dud-

ley, b. Oct. 16, 1780. Col. Dudley owned and occupied the old
homestead in Roxbury. He was a farmer, a man of strict hon-
esty and integrity. His open-handed generosity was much
commented on. In 1810 he gave a portion of his patrimonial
estate as a sitefor a town house. He was a descendant of Gov.
Dudley. He d. Feb. 28, 1827; res. Roxbury, Mass. Ch.: Will-
iam, b. Oct. 8, 1801; d. Dec. 28, 1801; Joseph W., b. June 2, 1803;
d. May 20, 1869; Sarah W., b. Feb. 20, 1805; d. Aug. 23, 1868;
Isaac D., b. Jan. 23, 1807; d. Feb. 2, 1855; William, b. June 24,
1808; d. Nov. 13, 1833; Samuel, b. Dec. 31, 1809; Pedy. b. Feb. 7,
1812; d. May 8, 1838; Elisha W.,b. Dec. 9, 1813; d. Oct. 22, 1815;
Elisia W., b. Feb. 2, 1816; d. Mar. 23, 1816; Henry A. S. D., b.
Aug. 13, 1821; d. July 7, 1885.

1772. vi. William, b. June 17, 1788; d. unm.

1773. vii. Elizabeth, b. Mar. 3, 1793; d. unm.

701. Caleb Whitney (Caleb, Timothy, John, John, John), b. June 17, 1740; m.
1765, Elizabeth Hyde, b. 1745. During the Revolutionary war he was a member of
the Newton company, Capt. Wiswell,and marched to the Lexington alarm. His will
He was a cordwainer by trade. He d. before 1792; res. Newton,

Oliver, b. Mar. 9, 1766; d. unm. in Boston.
Amariah, b. Nov. 18, 1767; m. Sarah Trull.
Ruth, b. May 31, 1773.
Sarah, b. June 4, 1774.
Abigail, b. Sept. 10, 1775.

Thaddeus, b. (mentioned in settlement of his father's estate, but
record of birth not found).

703. Thaddeus Whitney (Caleb, Timothy, John, John, John), b. July 10, 1747;
m.l772. Temperance Hyde, b. Apr. 1, 1753; d. 1842.

He served in the Revolutionary war in the Newton company. In 1798 he owned
a farm of 25 acres. In 1805 he was a member of the Baptist church. He d. in 1832;
res. Newton, Mass. His will:

Be it remembered that I, Thaddeus Whitney of Newton in the County of Mid-
dlesex, do make and ordain this my last will and testament.

Imprimis. I do give and devise to my executrix herinafter named so much of
my real estate to be disposed of at public or private sale as she shall judge best as
will bring a sum sufficient to pay all my just debts and charges of settlement after
applying to that purpose such of the personal estate as shall not be needful for the
use of my beloved wife.

Item. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife Temperance the use and im-
provement of all my estate both real and personal, excepting such as shall be dis-
posed of as above directed, and excepting also my land with the buildings thereon
situated in Brighton, to have and to hold so long as she remains my widow.

Item. I give and bequeath to my grandchildren, Asa Cook, Nancy Davis and
Louisa Jackson, children of my late daughter Temperance, now deceased, the sum
of 5 dollars each to be paid to them within one year after the decease of me and my
wife. And whereas I on the 1st of April, 1824, hired a farm of Martha Livermore
covenanting to pay 85 dollars annually therefor according to her lease of that date
& whereas Israel L. Worcester, husband of my daughter Ruth by a verbal agree-
ment between us occupies the same and agrees to pay all the rent, therefore I give
to my executrix in trust all my farm in Brighton with the buildings thereon to be
conveyed to my daughter Ruth Worcester or her children whenever and as soon as
the said Worcester shall have paid up all the said rent as aforesaid and provided it
be paid within 2 years after my decease so that I shall not have been called upon for
any part thereof nor my estate be liable to be forever. But if not so paid by said
Worcester the farm and buildings are to be and remain in fee to my executrix and
her heirs & assigns forever.

•was dated

176'

Mass.

1774.

1775.

1] ■

1776.

111.

1777.

IV.

1778.

V.

1779.

vi.

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Item. I give and bequeath to my daughter Ruth forty dollars to be paid within
■2 years after the decease of me and my wife provided the said Worcester shall have
paid all the rents as above stated.

Item. I give and devise to my daughter Hannah all the rest and residue of my
estate and effects wheresoever found, to have and to hold to her and her heirs forever,
my daughters Temperance and Ruth having received to the value of about four
hundred & fifty dollars each.

Lastly, I do appoint my daughter Hannah my sole executrix, hereby revoking
all wills heretofore by me made. Dated Jan. 1, 1828.

Thaddeus Whitney.
Signed, sealed, published and declared
to be his last will and testament in the
presence of us who at his request and in
the presence of each other subscribed our names
as witnesses.
Abyal Draper
Timy. Whitney
Robert Nelson,

Be it remembered that I Thaddeus Whitney do make the following addition or
alteration to the foregoing will, that is I do appoint Elyat F. Woodward ol the same
Newton the sole executor of my said will and testament instead of my daughter
Hannah, hereby revoking so much thereof as constituted and appointed her the sole
executrix. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 10th of
July, 1829.

Thads. Whitney.
Signed, sealed, published and declared to be an
addition to his last will in the presence of us
who at his request and in presence of each other
have subscribed our names as witnesses.
Abyal Draper
Abyal U. Draper
Amanda Draper.

1780. i. Temperance, b. Sept. 2, 1774; m. 1795, Jno. Cook, Jr. Ch.: Nancy,

b. Sept. 25, 1795; m. Davis; Asa, b. June 3, 1797; m. Ros-

anna ; Louisa, m. Jackson.

1781. ii. Hannah, b. Apr. 9, 1779; m. David Wardwell, s. p.

1782. iii. Thaddeus, b. Sept. 1, 1788. Mar. 2, 1821, he bought of Israel L.

Worcester pew 54 in the meeting house of the First Baptist
church, of which Rev. Jonathan Homes was pastor, for the sum
of $19; the deed of which is now in possession of Geo. A. Wor-
cester, of Milford, N. H. D. unm., 1823.

1783. iv. Ruth, b. in 1776; m. Israel Liberty Worcester. *

707. Timothy Whitney, (Moses, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Feb. 12, 1747;
m. in 1773, Mary Hyde; d. in 1828. He served in the Revolutionary army in a New-
ton company with his three brothers. He d. in 1821; res. Newton, Mass.

1784. 1. Stephen, b. 1774; m. Ruth Whittemore.

1785. ii. Timothy, b. 1776; m. 1824, Peggy (Margaret) Thayer,

1786. iii. Polly, b. 1778.

1787. iv. Peggy, b. 1780; m. Elijah Whitney.

1788. V. Anna, b. 1782.

1789. vi. Elisha, b. 1784; d. young.

715. John Whitney (Moses, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Aug. 8, 1762; m.
Aug. 1785, Polly Pope, of Dedham. He d. Aug. 28, 1816; res. Newton, Mass.

1790. i. Moses, b. .

1791. ii. AsA.b. .

1791^. iii. And 2 daus.

719. Hon. Samuel Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Massa-
chusetts, Aug. 5, 1758; m. at Worcester, June 24, 1778, Mary Whitney, dau. of Capt.
Joshua, b. June 19, 1761 ; d. Apr. 27, 1835.

Samuel Whitney was born in Massachusetts, Aug. 5, 1758. He moved to Wor-
cester shortly before the Revolutionary war. April 19, 1775, he enlisted in the com-
pany commanded by Capt. Benjamin Flagg, which marched to the Lexington
alarm. In 1779 he was drafted for nine months as private in the company com-

132 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

manded by his father-in-law, Capt. Joshua Whitney, Soon after his marriage in
1778, he moved to Gilsum, N. H., and erected a house. In 1798 he erected another
more spacious, and just as he was fairly settled in his new quarters the old residence
was destroyed by fire. The first records in Gilsum relating to the poor is, " Voted to
allow Samuel Whitney one pound four shillings for his services in warning folks out
of town." He was often chosen by his fellow-citizens on important committees and
filled various offices. Was moderator of the town meetings, 1796-1800-6-15; select-
man, 1798; school committee, 1790. In 1797, while living in his first house, his wife
did her cooking out of doors in an oven built for that purpose. One day when get-
ting ready to bake a leg of mutton, she set the pan on the ground while she went
into the house. When she came out a bear was just carrying off her dinner. Catch-
ing up the oven poker she chased it away and saved her mutton. Mr. Whitney was
known all over that section of country as Squire Whitney, having been justice of the
peace from 1811 to 1826, and was often called upon to perform marriage ceremonies.
He was representative in the Legislature in 1805-7-11. He was one of the most
respected citizens in the town. When he went there in 1780 he had a jack-knife and
25 cents in money. While at work clearing his land, he hung his jacket on a limb of
a tree; it caught fire and he was left without anything. He paid for his place by
catching wild pigeons. At his death he left a valuable estate. He d. June 1, 1831;
res. Worcester, Mass.; Gilsum, N. H., and Lawrenceville, N. Y.

1792. i. William Bartholomew, b. Oct. 4, 1778; m. Lydia Ann Law-

rence.

1793. ii. Samuel, b. July 14, 1781; m. Hope Blish and Elsey Everts.

1794. iii. Joshua, b. June 10, 1784; m. Harriett .

1795. iv. Polly, b Apr. 10, 1786; m. David Blish; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.

Ch.: William, b. ; res. Lawrenceville, N. Y.; David, b.

; m. Adeline Irvine. He was drowned by sinking of

steamer Phoenix on Lake Michigan. His wid. m. Wm. Strong.

Emily, b. ; m. Dr. Carpenter, Lawrenceville, N. Y.;

Daniel, b. .

1796. V. Lois, b. Aug. 23, 1788; m. James M. Marks; res. Keene, N. H.

1797. vi. Luther, b. Apr. 15, 1791; m. Betsey Dart.

1798. vii. Lydia, b. Sept. 6, 1793; m. May 18, 1813, James Locke; res. Wells-

boro. Pa. He was b. May 18, 1790; d. Mar. 14, 1874. She died
Jan. 25, 1887. He was a watchmaker and jeweler; res. Wells-
boro, Pa.

1799. viii. Daniel, b. Sept. 3, 1795; m. Emeline Henshaw.

1800. ix. Wm. Clarke, b. Aug. 29, 1797; d. unm. in Belleville, Ont.

1801. X. Lucy, b. Apr. 27, 1800; m. Mar. 20, 1820, Isaac Coburn; m. 2d,

May 27, 1824, Rev. John Smith, an M. E. clergyman; res. Parish-

ville, N. Y.
• *

723. Palmer Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Warwick,
Orange, Mass., Mar. 5, 1778; m. in Warwick, Mass., int. Apr. 14; m. May 10, 1798,
Judath Barber, b. Sept. 10, 1777; d. Nov. 2, 1852.

Palmer Whitney was born in Warwick, Mass., where he resided until a short
time after his marriage, when he moved to Java Village, N. Y., and kept a public
house for a number of years. He finally moved to Illinois, and was ever afterwards
a farmer. He died in Riley, June 26, 1854; res. Orange, Mass., Java, N. Y., Riley, 111.
Joseph, b. Aug. 8, 1798; m. Sophronia Taylor.
John, b. Aug. 18, 1804; m. Rachel Ward and Mariah Blood.

Mark, b. ; m. Caroline Ward.

Benjamin F., b. Oct. 19, 1818; m. Lucinda Potter.

Lemuel P., b. Oct. 22, 1821; m. Lydia M. Van Slyke.

Jarvis, b. Mar. 25, 1811; m. Nancy Potter and Mary C. Rimmer.

Anna, b. ; m. Harry Eddy; res. . Ch.: Hiram,

b, , res. DeKalb, 111.

1809. vi. Arseneth, b. Oct. 29, 1802; m. Feb. 27, 1823, Samuel Woodworth.
b. May 27, 1800, d. Feb. 4, 1869. He was a farmer and general
speculator, res. Yorkshire, N. Y. Ch.: Minerva, b. July 1, 1824;
m. David C. Woolley, Aug. 1842, and d. May 7, 1892; Celia, b.
Nov. 20, 1826; d. Jan. 18, 1827; Harry E., b. Feb. 4, 1828; m. to
Elvira Blood, Sept. 12, 1850; res. Delevan, Catt. Co., N. Y.;
Charles, b. Aug. 27, 1831, d. Jan. 29, 1843; Anna Marier, b. Oct.
15, 1836; m. to Bray ton B. Lincoln, Jan. 22, 1857; res. Richmond-

1802.

1803.

ii.

1804.

ni.

1805.

iv.

1806.

vn.

1807.

vni

1808.

V.

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ville, Sanilac Co., Mich.; Nancy Arseneth, b. Nov. 12, 1839; m,

to Gordon Parker, Feb. 21, 1»61; res. Wales, Erie Co., N. Y.;

Samuel Parker, b. Sept. 6, 1842, d. Oct. 11, 1865.

1810. ix. Mary, b. , d. unm.

J811. X, Angeline, b. ; m. Harkett Fancher. Ch.: Nancy; m.

Fuller.

1812. xi. Nancy, b. ; m. Charles Woodworth. Ch.: Emily, m.

Twiss; res. Aurora, N. Y.

727. Lemuel Whitney (Joseph, Timothy, John, John, John), b. Warwick, Mass.,
Aug. 15, 1784; m. there Aug. 14, 1804, Sally Pratt, b. Oxford, Mass., Apr. 19, 1783; d.
Feb. 14, 1868, near Foster. Ky.

He was born in Warwick, Mass., where he resided for a short time after mar-
riage. He then migrated westward, locating first at Lima, near Genesee Landing,
in 1809. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, was at the battle of Queenstown, and
was taken prisoner. In 1815 he located at a place in Ohio, where he remained a
short time, going then to Charleston, Coles Co., 111. He finally settled in Foster,
Ky., where he died. Hed. July 13, 1860; res. Warwick and Oxford, Mass., Lima, N. Y.,
Charleston, 111., and Foster, Ky.

1813. i. James Foster, b. Sept. 12, 1808; m. Elizabeth S. Morton.

1814. ii. Cynthia, b. Dec. 31, 1812; m. June 30, 1830, Dr. W. Thomas; res.

Foster, Ky. He was b. in Virginia June 18, 1826; d. Apr. 16,
1859. Ch.: Foster, b. Feb. 21, 1831, farmer; res. Dwight, Kan.;
Theodore, b. July 7, 1833; Malinda, b. Oct. 3, 1837; Clara, b.
Sept. 11, 1840; Sallie, b. July 12, 1842; Anabell, b. Dec. 13, 1844;
Sophia, b. May 21, 1846; Julian, b. Oct. 14, 1848; Lemuel, b. July
5, 1852; all dead but the three boys.

1815. iii. Sophia, b. Oxford, Mass.; m. in Mechanicsburgh, O., Ludovicus

Rudolph. He was b. in Baltimore, moved to Mt. V^ernon,
Ind., where she died, leaving two small children, Charles and
Mary, who died soon after their mother,

1816. iv, Malvina, b, Sept. 12, 1806; m. Dr, Wilson Dart. He died two

years after marriage and she then m. Carlos Hilton Gould, of
Henniker, N. H. They were married in Neville, O., lived there
six years then moved to Cincinnati. He was owner of a cotton
factory, had two children, son and daughter. The son, Charles
W. Gould, was in the Confederate army; after that he went to
California, was there six years, then died. Auditor of the Court.
The daughter, Mary Dart, died when young.

1817. v. Diana, b. in Mass. 1804; d. Mechanicsburgh, O., in 1820.

1818. vi. Sallie, b, Lima, N, Y,; d. when one week old.

728. Ephraim Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in
Groton, Mass., July, 1722; m. Dec. 6, 1749, Thankful Harrington, b. in 1729; d. July
16, 1795.

He was born in Groton, moved with his parents to Weston, and later to West-
boro. After his marriage he purchased a large farm in Upton on which he always
resided and followed agricultural pursuits. At his decease the farm was equally
divided between his two sons. He d. July 21, 1797; res. Upton, Mass.

1819. i. Thankful, b. Nov. 11, 1750; m. Jonathan Batchelor. They res.

in Upton; farmer. Ch.: Thankful, m. Josiah Rock wood, res.
Upton; ch., Lewis, Adams, and Emily; Margery, m. Amos Bra-
dish, res. Upton; ch., Harvey, James, Jonathan, Melinda, Em-
mons, and Metilda; Jonathan, d. young, unm.; Otis, m. Susan-
nah Buck, res. Upton; ch., Lucy, Chloe, Serena, Direxza,
Hannah, and one other; Hannah, m. David Hawes; ch., Calista
and Darias.

1820. ii. Beulah, b. Jan. 23, 1753; m. May 7, 1772, Samuel Forbush. He

was son of Lieut. Samuel Forbush, of Westboro, and great-great-
grand-son of Daniel Forbes (Forbush Ffarabas), who came
from Scotland in 1655 (see Forbes-Forbush genealogy by Fred
C. Pierce, p. 61). He was b. Jan. 29, 1750; d. in Upton, Mass.,
Oct. 31, 1829. She d. May 11, 1848; ae. 95 years. Ch.: Dea.
Samuel, b. Mar. 30, 1773; m. Lydia Gibson; res. Upton; ch.,
Eliza, John, Mary, Joseph, Persis G., Julia and Thomas Spencer;

134 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Beulah, b. July 3, 1774; d. unm. Apr. 1, 1833; Ephraim, b. Dec.
15, 1775; m. Rebecca Sadler and Polly Stowe, res. Upton, 9 ch.;
Levi, b. Nov. 11, 1777; m. Mary Warren; res. Upton, Mass., 3 ch.;
Abijah, b. May 11, 1779; m. Sarah Fiske. He was a great sing-
ing master; res. Shelburne, Mass., 6 ch.; Abner, b. Nov. 14, 1782;
m. Polly Batchelor; res. Upton, 3 ch.; Lucy, b. Sept. 3, 1791; d.
Jan. 20, 1819; unm.

1821. iii. Ephraim, b. May 13, 1756; m. Jemima Whipple and Joanna

Sadler.

1822. iv. Amos, b. June 29, 1759; m. Eunice Taft.

729. Oliver Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
boro, Mass., Dec. 1, 1724; m. Dorcas Warren. He saw active service in the Revo-
lutionary war in Capt. Wood's company from Upton. He d. ; res. Upton, Mass.

1823.
1824.
1825.

Ezra, b. ; m.

i. Oliver, b. ; d. unm., aged 80.

ii. Jacob, b. in 1770; m. Patty Whipple.

1827.

ii.

1828.

ni.

1829.

iv.

1830.

V.

1831.

vi.

1832.

Vll.

1833.

vin

1834.

ix.

1835.

X.

782. Nathaniel Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
July 22, 1728; m. Feb. 20, 1754, Abigail Marstop, of Grafton. At the time of his mar-
riage he resided in Spencer. Nathaniel Whitney was a member of the company of
training and alarm soldiers in Capt. Samuel Warren's company in Grafton in 1757.
The inventory of Nathaniel's estate, late of Grafton, was made Aug. 5, 1776. His
wife, Abigail, was administratrix. Her thirds were set off Apr. 2, 1782, and she was
appointed guardian for Joseph, Hannah, Catherine and Lois. He d. in G. May L
1776; res. Grafton, Mass.

1826. i. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 14, 1754; m. . Nathaniel Whitney, Jr.,

was a member of the company of Capt. Luke Drury, which
marched from Grafton to the alarm Apr. 19, 1775.
Abigail, b. Feb. 10, 1757; d. Aug. 27, 1760.
Mary, b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. 1782, Jonas Southgate, of Leicester.

She d. July 18, 1782; he d. 1784.
Lydia, b. Mar. 20, 1761; d. Feb. 24, 1776.
Abigail, b. Apr. 11, 1763.
Hannah, b. Aug. 28, 1765.
Joseph, b. Nov. 27, 1767; m. Polly Stockwell.
Katherine, b. Feb. 14, 1770. She was not married in 1791, for

July 16 she signed receipts for estate.
Tirzah, b. Aug. 15. 1772; d. Feb. 9, 1776.
Lois, b. Feb. 8, 1775.

738. Eli Whitney (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. May 3,.
1740; m. Feb. 9, 1765, Elizabeth Fay, b. 1740, d. Aug. 18, 1777; m. 2d, June 12, 1779
Judith Hazelden of Sutton. He was born in Westboro where he always resided, and
was a farmer by occupation. When the Revolutionary war broke out he was a
member of the company commanded by Capt. Baker and saw active service in the
Westboro company. He was a very large man, weighing nearly 300 pounds. Was a
member of the church, often held town office, and for years was justice of the peace.
In his day he was one of the prominent citizens in the town. He d. Aug. 12, 1807;
res. Westboro, Mass.

1836. i. Eli, b. Dec. 8. 1765; m. Henrietta F. Edwards.

1837. ii. Elizabeth Fay, b. Apr. 16, 1767; m. Elihu Blake of Westboro.

She d. Feb. 8, 1827. He died about 10 years after his wife. Ch.:
Elizabeth Fay, m. Aug. 19, 1818, Rev. Zedekiah Smith Barstow,
D. D., who died in Keene, N. H.; a son Dr. Barstow; res. Flush-
ing, L. I.; Philos; Elisha, ch.. Prof . Wm. P. and Theodore; res.
New Haven; Eli Whitney, ch., Henry T. and Mrs. Rev. Geo.
Bushnell; both res. in New Haven, Conn.; Maria, m. Rev. Mr.
Burgess; Josiah Whitney, John, George, Edward, Frances, m.
Rev. Mr. Orcott.

1838. iii. Benjamin, b. Sept. 13, 1768; m. Sibbel Blake.

1839. iv. Josiah, b. Mar. 31, 1770. Josiah was born in Westboro, where he

resided until he had nearly attained his majority, when he went
to Boston. There he began life as clerk in a store. By indus-
try and economy he amassed a competency, and at his death
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city, and was located on Central wharf. He was an influential
citizen; with other Boston merchants and one or two in the south
he had the ship built called the " Eli Whitney," and she was
used in carrying cotton from the south to Boston. He was a man
of wit and genial temperament, and had many friends and was
highly respected. He was never married.

753. Capt. Samuel Whitney (Sarrviel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in
Weston, Sept. 23, 1739; m. in Grafton, 1762, Phebe Harrington; b. G. May 25, 1740;
d. Marlboro, Vt., Mar. 6, 1812.

Capt. Samuel Whitney was born in Weston, Mass., and while a young man
removed to Grafton, Mass., where he was an early settler. There he was united to
his wife, and shortly after moved to Shrewsbury. About the middle of November,
1769, with his brother, Nathaniel, he went to Marlboro, Vt. In March, 1770, he made a
quantity of maple sugar and then moved from the east to the west part of the town and
began anew on the premises he afterward occupied. In 1770 he opened the forest
and erected a log house, in the raising of which he invited his brothers, Nathaniel
and Jonas, and James Ball to assist him. In 1772, probably in March, he moved his
family from Shrewsbury to Marlboro, consisting of his wife and four children. He
was enterprising, laborious, and persevering, bold, resolute, and fearless, bravely
surmountmg the trials of a pioneer. He had a peculiar voice, better fitted for the
sternness of authority than the smooth adulations of flattery. He erected buildings
and opened a public house, which he kept till the close of life. The site of this prop-
erty is now occupied by the West Marlboro postofiice.

Mr. Whitney was a great hunter, and but for the prompt assistance on one
occasion rendered by his sons, Moses and Guilford, lads at the time, would undoubt-
edly have been killed by a bear. Mr. Whitney carried the scar to his grave. He d.
Feb. 1, 1811; res. Grafton and Shrewsbury, Mass. and Marlboro, Vt.

1840. i. Catherine, or Catv, b. May 5, 1763; m. Samuel Pratt, of Marl-

boro.

1841. ii. Elizabeth, or Betty, b. Aug. 26, 1764; m. Alvin Pratt, of Marl-

boro.
Moses, b. Oct. 20, 1765; d. infant, Dec. 14, 1765.
Moses, b. Jan. 26, 1767; m. Bernice Locke.
Guilford, b. Jan. 2, 1769; m. Anna Locke.
Samuel, b. Apr. 18, 1772; m. Susanna Kimball.
Mariam, b. June 10, 1776; m. Lyman Brown, of Jethro.
Zenas, b. Mar. 14, 1779.
SiMCi, b. Apr. 10, 1781; m. Silence Tucker.
Phebe, b. Jan. 17, 1786; m. Roswell Paddleford.
Rupert, b. July 27, 1789; d. May 3, 1790. He was born when his

mother was in her 50th year.

755. Capt. Nathaniel Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Shrewsbury, May 30, 1749; m. Jan. 21, 1771, Mary Houghton of Lancaster, b. June
1751; d. Sept. 27, 1844.

Capt. Nathaniel Whitney, when a young man, 20 years of age, with his brother
Samuel, Jr., on invitation of Col. William Williams, visited Marlboro, Vt., for the
first time, in Nov. 1769. He returned to his home m Shrewsbury, Mass., in a few
weeks, where he remained until the following March, when in company with his
father and brother Samuel, he returned to Marlboro. The father left the two boys
and returned with his sleigh and horses to Shrewsbury. That spring, on land in the
easterly part of the town, they made their first attempt at making maple sugar and
were very successful in the enterprise. The same spring these two brothers pur-
chased of Charles Phelps, Esq., of New Marlboro, in the county of Cumberland, and
Province of New York, for ;^55 land near that of Governor Wentworth, and Samuel
West. Capt. Whitney erected a log camp in the woods and began clearing his new farm.
In this camp he spent the two following summers, ambitious and laborious in his new
field of labor. At his request Mrs. Col. Williams cooked for him a week's provision
at a time and he returned to his camp and spent the week in hard work upon it. His
principal living was pork and peas and beans with a comfortable supply of bread,
and occasionally with the additional luxury of trout and wild game. For his bread
he brought the meal upon his back from Brattleboro, Coleraine or Greenfield, distances
from 10 to 20 miles away. Upon these premises he erected the first framed dwelling
in the town, which he occupied for a few years and then disposed of for Continental
paper money, which depreciated in value, by which he suffered an almost total loss

1842.

iii.

1843.

IV.

1844.

V.

1846.

VI.

1847.

vii.

1848.

viii

1849.

IX.

1850.

X.

1851.

xi.

136 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

of his sale. In this inpoverished condition he began anew by purchasing of Charles
Phelps 472K acres of land, the deed of which is dated Mar. 28, 1777. He sold part of
the land to his brother Eliphalet and purchased other adjoining of Perez Stockwell,
June 12, 1777. He again became a prosperous farmer and was an influential and
much esteemed citizen. In the adventures of Capt. Whitney, as one of the early
settlers of Marlboro, there are numerous incidents not wholly devoid of interest and
which would justify an extended notice in the town history. On one occasion he
killed a bear which when dressed weighed 466 pounds, one of the largest, if not the
largest ever killed in Vermont. Capt. Whitney was a staunch Whig, and took a
decided stand in favor of the American Revolution. On hearing of the battle of
Lexington which occurred April 19, 1775, Capt. Whitney and Capt. Jonathan Warren
shouldered their muskets and hastened forward to offer their services as volunteers
in defense of the colonies. He reached Bennington on the eve of the battle Aug.
16, 1777, and was placed as a guard over a captured enemy. At the close of the
campaign he returned to his family and his farm, a laborious citizen, taking a lively
interest in the growth and prosperity of the town and in the spiritual advance of the
Congregational church of which for many years he was a worthy member. He reared
a large family of children, whose voices in the church choir will long be remembered.
He d. June 4, 1829; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., and Marlboro, Vt.

1852. i. Solomon, b. Mar. 7,1781; m. Lucy Lyman and Mrs. Sybil (Armes)

Goodenow.

1853. ii. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 15, 1771, in S.; d. Dec. 1, 1771, in S.

1854. iii. Charlotte, b. Apr. 4, 1785; m. 1806, Eli Higley; res. Whiting-

ham. He d. May 4, 1845. She m. 2d, Jabez Smith of Wilming-
ton.

1855. iv. ZiLPHA, b. June 8, 1789; m. Elisha Putnam, of Buckland, Mass.
He was b. May 18, 1786; d. Shelburne Falls, Mass., Dec. 24, 1859.

Luther, b. Oct. 2, 1777; m. Jerusha-
Molly, b. Mar. 1776; d. Sept. 1788.

1856.

V.

1857.

vi.

1858.

vn.

1859.

vni.

1860.

IX.

Dolly, b. July 29, 1774; m., 1789, Henry Sawtell.
Chloe, b. May 4, 1783; d. Sept. 12, 1803.

Rhoda, b. July 9, 1787; m. William Merrill, res. Burlington. She
d. 1848.

1861. X. Molly, b. Sept. 10, 1772; d. Dec. 10, 1774, in Marlboro. Her

remains were the first interred in the graveyard in the woods in
Marlboro.

1862. xi. Nathaniel, b. May 24, 1779; m. Sally Stewart and Mrs. Lucy

(Houghton) Hatch.

1863. xii. Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1791; m. Asa Jacobs, of Guilford.

1864. xiii. Clark, b. Apr. 8, 1794; d. Feb. 18, 1814.

760. Dea. Jonas Whitney (Samuel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Shrewsbury, Mass., June 14, 1751; m. Jan. 11, 1773, Tamar Houghton, of L., b.
June 8, 1754; d. Mar. 31, 1831.

He was born in Shrewsbury, Mass., and with his brother was an early settler in
Marlboro, Vt. Was for many years a deacon in the Congregational church. When
the first town meeting was held in 1775 he was elected to office. The Deacon
kept the tavern down the hill in Marlboro, where the good fathers used to go on
Sunday during the intermission between the morning and afternoon service. Clubs
of four would call for a "mug of toddy" to moisten their bread and cheese. The
Deacon mixed it, for who could make such excellent toddy as he? The large glass,
holding a quart, two-thirds full of water, was well seasoned with loaf sugar, when it
was filled up with " old Jamaica rum," and well mixed by an adept use of the " toddy
stick," receiving its finishing touch with a sprinkling of grated nutmeg. The four
drank out of the same glass, " passing it around." If there was more than they
needed they passed it to others, for they were prudent and temperate in all things.
A "half mug " served for two, and it was seldom that any one drank alone. As a
rule, each one paid his share, the business of treating not being popular in the
church. This harmless social habit is scouted now, though drunkenness at that
time was almost unknown. If a young man got so far under the influence of
strong drink as to lose the proper control of his limbs or his tongue, it brought a
stigma upon him in the community, from which he rarely recovered. His wife was
one of a family of eleven children, and was the first to die, aged 77 years. The
youngest of the eleven was present at her funeral — his age was 55; he died in
Strongsville, Ohio. He d. Apr. 28, 1842; res. Shrewsbury, Mass., Marlboro, Vt., and
Strongsville, Ohio.

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1865. i. Sally, b. Aug. 10, 1774; m. in 1790 Joseph Olds, Esq. She d. Cir-

cleville, O., Nov. 19. 1840. He was b. Apr. 26, 1769, in Granville,
Mass.; d. July 29, 1844, at Lithopolis, O. Ch.: Lorenzo Hough-
ton, b. June 24, 1812; m. Mar. 25, 1835, Anna W. Robbitts; res.
Springfield, O.; Roxey, b. June 4, 1814; m. 1837, Israel Gregg;
res. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Cbauncey Newell, b. Feb. 2, 1816; m.
1838, Caroline Woodruff; m. 2d Sept. 9, 1852, Mary Bliss Will-
iams, b. July 17, 1830; d. Jan. 1, 1889. He d. Feb. 11, 1890. He
moved to Ohio with his parents in 1820; A. B., Oxford, O., 1836;
professor there, Greek and Latirl, 1836-40; A. M., Oxford, 1839; to
Circleville, O., 1840; Ohio House of Representatives, 1848-49;
Ohio State Senate, 1849-50; moved to Columbus, 1856; mem-
ber Ohio bar, 1842; attorney-general Ohio, 1865-66; LL. D.,
Marietta, 1867; trustee Oxford University, 1848-70, by election
of legislature; trustee Lane Theological Seminary, 1871 to 1890
delegate to Pan-Presbyterian council, Edinborough, 1877; dele-
gate to Pan-Presbyterian council, Philadelphia, 1880; member
general assembly Presbyterian church, 1863, 1870, 1878; commis-
sioner of exemption from draft, Ohio, 1864; died Columbus, O.,
Feb. 11, 1890. Ch.: William W., b. Nov. 22, 1838; adj.-general,
Garfield's staff, 42d Ohio Vols. Inftry; killed before Vicksburg
May, 1863; Mary Gore, b. Sept. 23, 1847; m. Dr. Edmund C.
Lewis; res. Canal Dover, O.; Frank Williams, b. June 19, 1853;
m. Dec. 10, 1889, Harriet E. Nash, b. Aug. 12, 1855; res. Will-
iamstown, Mass. He was born in Circleville and moved to
Columbus, 1855; grad. Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
Mass., 1872; A. B., Williams College, 1876; to N. Y. City, 1876;
M. D., Columbia College (Col. Physicians and Surgeons), 1880;
house surgeon, Bellevue Hospital, N. Y., 1881-82; memb. N. Y.
County Med. Soc, 1882-92; fellow, N. Y. Academy Medicine,

1883 ; memb. N. Y. Historical Society, 1890 ; memb.

N. Y. Chapt. Sons of the Revolution, 1892 ; removed to Will-

iamstown, Mass., Nov., 1892, physician; William Ross, b. Aug. 11,
1791; m. Barbary Pratt. He d. July 15, 1861; Amasa Minley, b.
Feb. 16, 1793; m. Nov. 22, 1814, Lephe Winchester, and d. Sept.
20, 1838; Joseph, b. Oct. 25, 1794; m. Almira A. Olds, and d. Apr.
27, 1847; Edson, b. Mar. 22, 1797; d. Feb. 22, 1799; Chester, b.
Oct. 24, 1798; m. Phila Adams, and d. July 21,1862; Sally, b.
Oct. 5, 1800; d. Jan. 18, 1809; Edson Baldwin, b. June 3, 1802; m.
Ann Maria Carollus, and d. Jan. 24, 1869; Gamaliel, b. Nov. 28,
1803; m. Minerva Howe, and d. Jan. 26, 1894; Jonas Whitney, b.
July 17, 1805; m. Mary Ann Walker, and d. Sept. 30, 1832; Ben-
jamin Smith, b. May 6, 1807; m. Theresa Herron, and d. Nov.
12, 1862; Sally Houghton, b. Nov. 4, 1810; d. Aug. 21, 1811; Ly-
man Newton, b. July 16, 1819; m. Minerva Adams, and d. Apr.
26, 1875, at Circleville, O.

1866. ii. CiNDA, b. Apr. 18, 1776; m. Nathan Britain.

1867. iii. Lucy, b. Jan. 22, 1778; m. June 23, 1809, Gen. Jonathan Smith. She

d. Apr. 9, 1836.

1868. iv. TAMAR,b. July 9, 1779; m. John T. Strong.

1869. V. Jonas, b. Mar. 16. 1781; d. Apr. 4, 1781.

1870. vi. Julia, b. Sept. 10, 1782; d. Aug. 27, 1786.

1871. vii. Irene, b. July 19, 1784; m. July 22, 1802. Elijah Lyman Clark, son

of Rev. Dr. Gershom. She d. Strongsville, O., Sept. 27, 1820.

1872. viii. Roxey, b. May 10, 1786; m. Sept. 25, 1808, Rev. Ira M. Olds. She

d. Jan. 26, 1813.

1873. ix. Julia, b. Apr. 21, 1788; m. Apr. 27, 1811, Rev. Gamaliel S. Olds.

She d. Circleville, O. Among the first who settled in Ohio were
John Strong, accompanied or soon followed by Bowen, Lyman,
Whitney and others, who located in Strongsville— naming it
thus in honor of Mr. Strong, the original purchaser. The Rev.
Gamaliel Olds and his brother Joseph Olds, Esq., and their
families removed to Circleville about fifty years ago. Among
the children of Joseph was the late Hon. Edson B. Olds, Dr.
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138 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

Chester Olds, and Judge Chauncey N. Olds, all well known in
Ohio.

1874. X. Jonas, b. June 20, 1791; m. Dec. 6, 1812, Lovicey Houghton, dau.

of Capt. Nahum, and res. Marlboro.

1875. xi. Lyman, b. Dec. 2, 1793; d. May 20, 1826. He was graduated at

Middlebury college in 1817, and at Andover Theological Sem-
inary in 1821; was ordained a Congregational minister at
Columbia, Conn., in 1821, and died a home missionary at Ash-
ville, N. C.

1876. xii. Dewey, b. Oct. 3, 1796.

764. Phinehas Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Spencer, Mass., June 24, 1740; m. at Worcester, May 20, 1770, Sarah Harington, of
Worcester.

Phineas lived in Spencer, Mass. Afterwards moved to Dudley, Worcester Co.^
Mass.; then moved and finally settled near German Flats, N.Y. He was a chair
maker. His son Elisha settled in Stockbridge, Mass., on the homestead of his
grandfather Wilson; res. Spencer and Dudley, Mass., and Oswego, N. Y., near
Mohawk River.

1877. i. Elisha, b. ; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

1878. ii. Joseph, b. 1777; m. in Herkimer, N. Y., Sylvia Woodbury. He d.

Feb. 28, 1870; res. Vernon, N. Y.

1879. iii. Lyman, b. .

1880. iv. Franklin, b. .

1881. v. Sally, b.

1882. vi. Phinehas, b. Mar. 10, 1788; m. Martha Mattison and Deborah

Palmer.

765. Dea. Lemuel Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Leicester, Mass., in 1743; m. in 1769, Thankful Griffeth, b. Plymouth, Mass., 1745; d.
1818. He lived successively in Spencer, Mass., Tolland, Conn., and Springfield, Vt.
He and all his brothers and all his brothers-in-law were in the Revolutionary army,
but perhaps his chief help to the country was in the manufacture of saltpetre, which
was made into gunpowder. This he made, both in Mass. and Conn., from earth dug
from under old buildings. He was both a farmer and carpenter, and after he went
to Vermont he engaged in the manufacture of brick, of rope and of chairs. He was
a man of strong faith and religious character and much interested in the Congrega-
tional church in S., of which he was the first deacon. The church rates then were
mostly paid in wheat and cattle, and Mr. W. used to redeem these with money
received from his manufactures and send them to Boston receiving money again,
an almost unknown article to the average farmer in the new state then. I suppose
the amount he received would seem small to the modern farmer, but it was comfort,
if not wealth, then. He died Feb. 1, 1813, of epidemic pneumonia. He was a man
of large frame and great endurance. It is said that he once walked from Springfield,
Vt., to Spencer, Mass., a distance of 80 miles, in a day. His wife was small, fair,
with auburn hair, a shrewd, capable woman and a notable housewife. She was of
Welch descent. He d. Feb. 18, 1813; res. Leicester, Mass., Tolland, Conn., and
Springfield, Vt.

1883. i. John, b. Oct. 20, 1774; m. Elizabeth Safford.

1884. ii. Cyrus, b. Sept. 20, 1770; m. Ruth Mayo.

1885. iii. Benjamin, b. in 1774; m. Betsey Bragg.

1886. iv. Lemuel, b. Jan. 3, 1779; m. Mrs. Ellen Kimball.

1887. V. Sally, b. Sept. 29, 1780; m. in Springfield, Daniel Safford. Sally

Whitney moved with her husband to Essex Co., N. Y., about
1818, and settled on an extensive: farm one mile west of Whalons-
burgh. She was a woman beloved by all who knew her; an
exemplary Christian, and member of the Presbyterian church.
Ch.: Parmelia H., b. Dec. 11, 1808; d. Sept. 11, 1811; Whitney,
b. July 29. 1806; m. Ruth Mather, res. Whalonsburgh, N. Y.;.
Henrietta M., b. Jan. 24, 1811 ; d. unm., Sept. 14, 1833; Thankful
R., b. June 22, 1813; m. Orrin' Reynolds, d. Essex, N, Y., Sept.
20, 1870, son W. A., res. Whalonsburgh; Lydia L., b. Sept.
17, 1815; d. unm. Feb. 6, 1878; Daniel Henry, b. Dec. 22, 1817; d..
Sept. 29, 1831; W^m. E., b. May 27, 1820; d. Apr. 28, 1826.

1888. vi. Elijah, b. July 3, 1788; m. Susannah Oaks and Susan James.

1889. vii. Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1786; m. Orinda Stafford.

1895.

V.

1896.

VI.

1897.

VII.

1898.

vni

1899.

IX.

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767. Elisha Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in 1747;
m. Esther Clark. He was in the Revolutionary war in the company from Spencer,
commanded by Capt. Green; res. Stockbridge, Mass.

1890. Sally, b. Oct. 12, 1788.

768. John Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Leicester,
Mass., Klay 5, 1751; m. Rachel Hiscock; b. in 1760; d. June 80, 1824.

John Whitney resided in Westfield, Mass.,for two years, then moved to Hoboken,
N. Y. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war one year. Was present at the
surrender of Burgoyne. He d. Sept. 19, 1828; res. Westfield, Mass., and Rochester,
N. Y.

1891. i. Warham, b. Apr. 27, 1786; m. Nancy Mordoff.

1892. ii. John, b. May 5, 1795; m. Nancy Van Tuyl.

- 1893. iii. Nancy, b. Dec. 1, 1782; m. James Smith, She d. Nov. 24, 1819;
res. Mass.
1894. iv. Susannah, b. July 27, 1784; m. Jahaziel Janes. She d. Dec. 12,
1849; res. Greece, N. Y. They had a son Warham and a dau.
who m. a Mr. Little, and res. in San Francisco, Cal. Other ch.
were George and Laura.
Alanson, b. Mar. 31, 1797; m. Catherine Voorhies.
JARED, b. Oct. 6, 1790.
Samuel, b. May 10, 1788.
William, b. Apr. 30, 1803; d. Oct. 17, 1823.
Electa, b. Sept. 15, 1792; m.Liley Glazier. She d. Mar. 26, 1840.

770. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. in 1758;
m. in Spencer, June 7, Hi-'l, Esther Prouty; b. Spencer, Mass., June 11, 1764; d.
Langdon, N. H.; m. 2d in 1790, Electa Sawtell.

Joshua Whitney settled in Langdon, N. H., where he buried his first wife; then
moved to Cavendish, Vt., where he married Miss Sawtell. From there he went to
the Genesee river in New York, and located at Pike in 1815. Served in the war of
the Revolution two years from Spencer, Mass., in the company from that town; was
in two battles previous to the capture of Burgoyne, and was present at his surrender.

Washington Whitney, of East Middletown, Dane Co., Wis., and Dr. Joshua
Whitney, of Emmettsburg, la., are descendants of Joshua and Electa. He d. Nov.
18, 1850; res. Spencer, Mass., Langdon and Dalton, N. H., Cavendish, Vt., and Pike,
N. Y.

1900. i. Charles, b. .

1901. ii. Asahel, b. .

1902. iii. Abigail, b. .

774. Oliver Whitney (David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap. Natick,
June 9, 1745; m. at Natick, Mass., Hannah Chase; d., ae. 85, in Cavendish, Vt.

Oliver Whitney was born in Natick, Mass., where he resided with his parents.
His father died when he was 14 years of age, in 1759; three years later, in 1762,
Josiah Newell was appointed his guardian by the Suffolk County Probate Court. He
was baptized in Natick by Rev. Oliver Peabody. During the Revolutionary war he
took part, enlisting in one of the Natick companies. He d. in 1815; res. Nelson^
N. H., and Cavendish, Vt.

1903. i. Polly, b. Mar. 3, 1781, Nelson, N. H.; m. Jan. 8, 1804, in Still-

water, N. Y., George Buck. He d. Sept. 10, 1837; was a mill-
wright by trade. She d. Sept. 16, 1863; res. Malta, N. Y. Ch.:
Elmira, b. Sept. 26, 1820; m. Jan. 1, 1856, James Hawkins; res.
Ballston Spa, N. Y.

1904. ii. Betsey, b. ; d. unm.

1905. iii. Hannah, b. ; m. David Saunders; had one dau.; gr.-son

Henry in Cav.

1906. iv. Prudence, b. Jan. 11, 1793; m. July 20, 1820, Charles Witherell.

He was b. Mar. 10, 1792; d. Dec. 11, 1873; was a farmer and
Seventh Day Adventist. Ch.: Charles C, b. May 20, 1822; m. July
14, 1853; d. Dec. 23, 1865; Maria L., b. Oct. 28, 1823; m. S. W.
Jenkins Aug. 26, 1851; d. Mar. 15, 1880; S. Eveline, b. Aug. 5,.
1827; m. W. I. Gibson, Apr. 3, 1856; res. Iroquois, So. Dak.

1907. V. Sally, b. ; d. unm.

1908. vi. Olive, b. ; m. Fletcher. Her dau. is Mrs. Mary B.

Osborn; res. Weston, Vt.

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1909. vii. John, b. Jan. 21, 1784; m. Mary Spaulding.

1910. viii. Mehitable, b. ; d. unm.

1911. ix. James, b. ; d. unm.

1912. X. Oliver, b. ; m. and d. s. p.; had a son Charles, who d. early.

1913. xi. Lucy, b. ; d. young.

776. Ephraim Whitney (David, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, John, John), bap.
Natick, Mass., May 29, 1747; m. there June 11, 1771, Sarah Wood.

He was in the Revolutionary war; was a minute-man in Mann's company,
of Col. Ballard regiment, at the Bunker Hill "alarm." Later he was in Capt.
Morse's company, and still later in Capt. Gardner's company, of Col. Brook's regi-
ment at White Plains, and the campaign in New York. He d. June 26, 1832; res.
Natick Mass.

1914. i. George, b. Feb. 22, 1772; m. Miriam Hunt.

1915. ii. David, b. Sept. 13, 1776; d. in Scottsville, N. Y., in 1854. His

descendants reside in Painesville, Ohio.

1916. iii. Mehitable, b. Aug. 22, 1773; m. John Hunting; res. Haver-

straw, N. Y.

1917. iv, Sarah, b. Dec. 24, 1783.

1918. V. Bela, b. ; d. Dec. 14, 1794.

781. William Whitney (William, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Apr. 10,
1736, in Weston; m. June 14, 1762, Mary Mansfield, of Weston; d. Dec. 17, 1815.

William Whitney settled in Winchendon about 1774, going to that place from
Weston, Mass. He early took a prominent place in the affairs of the new town, and
during the Revolutionary war was chosen by his fellow citizens one of a committee
to hire men for the army. In 1781 he was chosen a committee to carry out the
resolves of the General Court, respecting cattle. His farm was well stocked with
horses and cattle, and according to the history of Winchendon, he was the best judge
of cattle in the town. He was a great government man, and during the excitement
preliminary to the Shays rebellion, when the feeling ran high, did all he could to
assist the local authorities. It is stated, when the town drummer began his rounds to
hunt up soldiers for volunteers, it was to both sides a moment of painful suspense;
all voices were hushed, but the resolution of William Whitney soon changed the
scene. Addressing his son, Phin, who was afterward Capt. Phinehas, he said aloud,
"Turn out, Phin!" Immediately Phin stepped from the ranks and followed the
drummer. It was a bold example, but it had its influence, for one after another
stepped out until the required number of men were raised. In 1786 he was chosen
on the committee of twelve to attend to the erection of school houses. In 1791 he
was selected one of the committee to decide on the site for the new meeting house.
He d. July 10, 1817; res. Winchendon, Mass.

1919. i. William, b. in 1765; m. Anna Heywood.

1920. ii. Phinehas, d. Apr. 1, 1766; m. Phebe Stearns and Bethiah Barrett.

1921. iii. Mary, b. Apr. 10, 1773; m. Oct. 7, 1799, Benjamin Heywood, b.

July 10, 1773; d. Feb. 14, 1849. She d. Oct.l, 1862; farmer; res.
Gardner. Benjamin inherited his father's farm. He was for
many years the town treasurer and was highly respected and
influential in town affairs. His children were Levi, Benjamin
F., Walter, William, Seth and Charles. He died in 1849, in his
77th year. Of his children, Charles died at the age of six years;
Benjamin F. died in 1844, having been engaged successfully
since his majority as a trader, and a part of the time, as a manu-
facturer of chairs; William died in 1873, in Boston, where he
had resided since 1830, and had been engaged in business there
and in Charlestown, with success till 1855, in which year he
retired from business. Ch.: Levi, b. Dec. 10, 1800; m. Martha
W. Wright and d. July 21, 1882. Levi Heywood was born in
^ Gardner, Dec. 10, 1800. His early advantages for education

were only those usually enjoyed by the children and youth at
that time in rural towns, with the addition of two terms at the
academy in New Salem, Mass. The diligent improvement of
these opportunities fitted him for the vocation of a school
teacher, in which he was engaged in his native town and in the
adjoining town of Winchendon during the winters 1820-21-22.
In the spring of the latter year he went to Rochester, N. Y.,

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and was employed there about a year in stone work by contract.
Returning in 1823 to Gardner, he entered into partnership with
his brother Benjamin, in the very miscellaneous business of a
country store. This relation he continued till the year 1829. In
1826 he commenced in Gardner, the manufacture of wood-seated
chairs. In 1831 he went to Boston and opened a store for the
sale of chairs, in which'business he continued till 1886. He also,
in connection with William R. Carnes and his brother William,
under the firm style of Heywood & Carnes, started a mill for
sawing veneers from mahogany, etc., in Charlestown. This mill
was burned in 1835. He then returned to Gardner and entered
into partnership with his brother Walter, who, with others, had
been for some years engaged in the manufacture of chairs, on
part of the premises now occupied by Heywood Bros. & Co.
The veneer mill in Charlestown was rebuilt and Mr. Levi Hey-
wood retained his interest in it until 1849. The business of the
new firm in Gardner was conducted with success, the manufac-
ture being mainly by hand, the only machinery being the ordi-
nary turning lathe and circular saws, which were operated by
water power obtained from the pond now known as Crystal
Lake. In 1841 it occurred to Levi Heywood that machinery
specially adapted to the various processes of manufacture
might be introduced to advantage. His brother, of a more con-
servative disposition, hesitated to leave the well worn paths in
which they were achieving reasonable success. This difference
of opinion led to a dissolution of partnership, Levi purchasing
his brother's interest. He at once gave his thoughts and labor
to the devising and construction of special machinery, as well
as to the introduction of different kinds of wood-working ma-
chinery, which were already in use for other purposes, and were
also adapted to his purpose. In the successful carrying out of
this idea, he inaugurated a new era in the chair manufacture,
and herein manifested much enterprise, together with the
fertility of resource, mechanical skill and inventiveness, and
the purpose to introduce constantly new and valuable features,
both in methods of manufacture and in style of product, which
have always characterized him and have been large elements of
his success. As an instance of his originality in the matter of
mechanical devices, it may be said that as early as 1835 he con-
ceived the idea of the new band saw, now universally adopted
as one of the most valuable tools in wood-work. The idea was
original with him, though not really novel, for as early as 1808,
Wm. Newberry, of London, Eng., had conceived the same idea
and made a crude model of a band sawing machine but did
nothing more with it. So thoroughly were its advantages antici-
pated by Mr. Heywood. that he consulted with B. D. Whitney,
of Winchendon, and with Charles Griffiths, of Welch & Griffiths,
of Boston, as to the feasibility of constructing a machine of the
kind. Both of these gentlemen, experts in such matters,
agreed that with the quality of saw blades then made, or any
known methods of uniting them so as to make an endless band,
the idea could not be successfully carried out. As is well
known, M. Purin, of Paris, France, has since that time accom-
plished what Mr. Heywood so many years before conceived to
be both desirable and feasible. In 1844, on the first day of July,
he received into partnership Gen. Moses Wood, then of Provi-
dence, and afterward president of the Rollstone Bank of Fitch-
burg, and his brother Seth, the style of the firm being Heywood
& Wood. This partnership continued till July 1,1849. At that
date Gen. Wood retired from the firm and Messrs. Calvin Hey-
wood and Henry C. Hill were admitted, the style of the firm
being changed to L. Heywood & Co. Mr. Heywood, in addition
to his business relations as the head of the firm of Heywood
Bros. & Co., has since 1847 been a partner with Hon. W. B.
Washburn, of Greenfield, Mass , in the manufacture of chairs

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and wooden ware at Erving, Mass., the style of the firm being
Washburn & Heywood. They are also largely engaged in the
manufacture and sale of lumber, owning about 3,000 acres of
woodland in Erving, Northfield and New Salem. At this point
it is proper to refer to the inventions of Mr. Heywood, which
have been mostly to meet the demands of his own business,
and have largely contributed to its success. Among them may
be named one for a wood chair seat, one for tilting-chair, three
for machines for splitting, shaving and otherwise manipulating
rattan, and four for machinery for bending wood. He has also
invented a very valuable process (not immediately connected
with his own business, but of -value to it, as utilizing in a new
direction the pith of the rattan after stripping the enamel from
it) for injecting rattan with india rubber or other suitable
material, thus making an excellent substitute for whalebone.
Of the merits of his wood-bending process, it maybe proper to
introduce the testimony of M. Fr. Thonet, of Vienna, Austria,
the head of the largest chair manufacturing firm in the world,
employing some 5,000 operative. After visiting the factories of
Messrs. Heywood he wrote: " I must tell you candidly that you
have got the best machinery for bending wood that I ever
saw, and I will say that I have seen and experimented a great
deal in the bending of wood." The Heywood patents have been
combined with those of John C. Morris, of Cincinnati, on which
the patents of Blanchard have, after protracted litigation, been
decided to be infringements. The combined patents, owned by
Morris & Heywood Wood-bending Co., it is believed, cover the
really effective methods for bending wood. Mr. Heywood, in
addition to his large personal business, he having retained to
his present time, though now in his 78th year, the supervision
in all its details of the mechanical department of the business,
including the adaptation and construction of new machinery
and devices for greater economy and perfection of manufac-
ture, has been very active in public enterprises. He repre-
sented the town in the convention for revising the constitution
of the state in the year 1863, and in the lower branch of the
Legislature in 1871. He has been a director in the Gardner
National Bank and a trustee of the Gardner Savings Bank
from the organization of those institutions. Mr. Heywood is
not personally identified, by membership, with any church. A
regular attendant, however, of the Congregational Church in
Gardner, he is a liberal contributor to its current expenses,
and responds cheerfully and liberally to the calls of benevo-
lence. He is also largely interested in educational matters,
and personally in the schools and has made liberal donations
of land and otherwise, to the town in this direction. Respected
in the highest degree for personal integrity and excellence of
his character in all the relations of life, his example is for good
to the large number of his employes and to the community by
which he has been long looked up to as its wealthiest and
most influential citizen; Benjamin F., b. Jan. 10, 1802; m. Sarah
Comee, and d. Apr. 2, 1843; Walter, b. Feb. 13, 1804; m. Nancy
Foster, and d. Aug. 1, 1880. Walter Heywood, founder of the
Walter Heywood Chair Com.pany, of Fitchburg, and its presi-
dent from the first, died in Fitchburg, Aug. 1, 1880. Mr. Hey-
wood was born at Gardner, Feb. 13, 1804. He was a lineal
descendant of one of the Pilgrim families who came over in
the Mayflower. His grandfather, Seth Heywood, went from
Sterling to Gardner about 1773, and was one of the first settlers
of the town. During the Revolutionary war he was an officer
in the continental army at Cambridge for nine months. He
was a man of superior mind, his range of reading was very wide,
and his memory was remarkably refentive. Mr. Heywood was
the son of Benjamin and Mary (Whitney) Heywood, and was
the third of a family of six sons. He attended the schools of

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his native town, and worked on his father's farm till nearly 20
years of age. In 1824 he began work as an apprentice in James
M. Comee's chair shop jn Fitchburg, but the same year he
began business for himself, driving to Boston as often as he
had a horse load finished, and selling them. The Fitchburg
Sentitiel says of Mr. Hey wood, and the growth of the chair
business in Fitchburg:

In 1827 his brother William commenced working with him
and they employed from 15 to 20 hands. In 1880 he formed a
partnership with three others, his brother, Benjamin F., who had
been a merchant in Gardner, Moses Wood, afterward president
of the Rollstone Bank, and James W. Gates. The firm carried
on the chair business, and opened a store in Gardner for the
sale of groceries and dry goods. They also estabHshed a store
in Boston for the sale of chairs. The business was successfully
conducted in its various branches till about 1835, when the part-
nership was dissolved, Messrs. Wood and Gates retiring from
the firm, and Mr. Heywood severed his relation with the store
at Boston. A new company was formed, consistmg of Levi,
Benjamin F., Walter and William Heywood and W. R. Carnes.
A large shop was erected on land now occupied by the facto-
ries of Heywood Brothers & Co., and the company entered into
the manufacture of chairs on an extensive scale. In 1841 Wal-
ter Heywood sold his interest in the business and removed to
Fitchburg. In company with Leander P. Comee he, in 1842,
built the block on Main street more recently known as Sprague
& Comee's block, and in 1842 the firm opened a store for the
sale of dry goods, groceries, hardware and other merchandise
at the salesrooms now occupied by L. Sprague & Co. In the
fall of 1844 the firm hired a part of the "Old Red Mill " on
West street, since used as a cotton factory by H. W. Pitts &
Son, and commenced to manufacture chairs, employing about
ten hands. In 1846 the chair business was removed to the
upper story of a new building which Alvah Crocker had erected
on Water street, on the spot now occupied by the Fitchburg
Steam Engine Company's shop. This shop was burned Dec. 7,
1849, and the firm lost heavily by the fire. The partnership was
then dissolved, and Mr. Heywood directed his whole attention
to the manufacture of chairs. Mr. Crocker erected a new build-
ing, 130x40 feet and three stories high, on the site of the burned
shop, and Mr. Heywood hired the whole of the new building.
In 1852 he received as partners Alton Blodgett, who had entered
his employ in 1833, and who continued a member of the com-
pany until his death, Sept. 19, 1878; Lovell Williams, still a
member of the company, and George E. Towne, who continued
with the company till 1874, when he disposed of his interest to
H. A. Blood. G. H. Spencer, the present superintendent of the
works, was admitted to the firm in 1864. Soon after the new
company was formed they erected two large buildings in the
rear of the shop, on land leased of Mr. Crocker, and with in-
creased facilities they greatly enlarged their business. In 1856
the firm opened a foreign trade, which eventually extended to
England and the continent of Europe, the West Indies, South
America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, China and Japan,
The Walter Heywood Chair Company was organized as a stock
company under a special act of the legislature. May 31, 1869,
with a capital of 1240,000. On the night of July 21, 1870, the
most destructive conflagration that ever visited Fitchburg laid
the entire establishment in ruins. F ortunately the loss on the
chair company's property was fully covered by insurance, and
preparations were made shortly after the fire to rebuild the
works on a scale unprecedent^ed in this branch of manufactures.
The location of this important industry excited much interest.
A lot of nine acres on River street was at length purchased, and
the present commodious buildings were erected. At present

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the company employs 300 hands besides seaters, and a capital
to the amount of between $600,000 and $700,000 is required.
The company has mills for preparing stock at Barton, V^t., and
has stores at New York and Boston for the sale of their products.
As the result of close application to business Mr. Heywood
accumulated a handsome property. He made large invest-
ments in the manufacturing interests of the city, and his counsel
was sought in the management of concerns in which he was
interested. He was formerly one of the largest stockholders in
the Putnam Machine Company, and has been a director since
1867. In 1866 he purchased an interest in the Fitchburg Iron
Foundry, and at his death was senior member of the firm Hey-
wood, Wilson & Co. He has been a director of the Fitchburg
Machine Company since 1870, and was a partner in the Fitch-
burg Machine Works since the company was organized in 1877.
He was a director of the Burleigh Rock Drill Company since
its organization in 1867, a director of the Fitchburg State or
National Bank for 37 years, a trustee of the Fitchburg
Savings Bank from its organization, May 12, 1846, till June 21,
1877. He was also town treasurer of Gardner from 1834 till his
removal to Fitchburg in 1841. He retained his vigor to a
remarkable degree, and his mind was clear and active till a few
days previous to his death. His success in business was the
growth of patient years of toil rather than any series of brilliant
exploits. He was no adventurer in doubtful projects, but his
energies and his counsels were always in the line of discretion
and prudence. If ever his judgment was waived in business
matters, it was generally observed in the end that his views were
sound and reliable, and would have yielded the largest measure
of success. He was plain and unostentatious, solving his prob-
lems by a careful process of reasoning, rather than by jumping
at conclusions. He was conservative, persevering, yet ener-
getic, and thorough in everything he undertook. From the one-
horse load of chairs which he made in 1824 his business grew
until he was president of the largest chair manufacturing
establishment in the world. He established a reputation for
integrity which was world wide and commanded the confidence
of the leading houses in his line of business in all quarters of
the globe. The Heywood chairs are as familiarly known in
Africa, Australia and South America as in Boston, New York
or San Francisco. Mr. Heywood was fortunate in calling
around him a class of men who rendered great assistance in the
management of the extensive business. His associates, with
few exceptions, grew up with the business under his training.
He leaves a widow, also two daughters, Mrs. William O. Brown
and Mrs. D. A. Corey. His first wife, whom he married in 1828,
died Aug. 1, 1861, just 19 years previous to his decease. Will-
iam, b. Nov. 9, 1808; m. Frances Shuttleworth; d. Jan. 10, 1874;
Seth, b. Nov. 12, 1812; m. Feb. 11, 1836, Emily Wright; res.
Gardner; Charles, b. Mar. 10, 1818; d. Sept. 10, 1824.

1922. iv. Joseph, b. May 20, 1775; m. Hannah Perley.

1923. V. Amasa, b. June 16, 1777; m. Mary Goodridge.

1924. vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1779; m. Jan. 12, 1802, Smyrna Bancroft; b.

May 15, 1776; d. May 5, 1818. She d. ; res. Gardner.

Ch.: Harvey M..b. May 1,1803; m. Betsey C. Glazier; Smyrna W.,
b. Dec. 13, 1804; m. Lucy Jackson; deacon and prominent citi-
zen; res. Gardner; Mary E., b. Nov. 5, 1807; Sally W., b. Apr.
13, 1810; Amasa, b. Mar. 16, 1812; m. Caroline A. Shunway;
pres. Gardner Bank; Viola, b. Aug. 26, 1815.

1925. vii. Luke, b. May 21, 1783; m. Cynthia Partridge.

783. Rev. Phinehas Whitney (WMlliam, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b.
Weston, Apr. 23, 1740; m. Apr. 28, 1762; Miriam Willard, b. 1740; d. May 20, 1769;
m. 2d, Mar. 3, 1770, Lydia Bowes, a cousin of John Hancock; d. Oct. 11, 1805; m. 3d,
Mrs. Jane Garfielc}, d. Mar. 4, 1824.

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It was some eight years after the meeting house in Shirley had been prepared
for use before a ministry had been established, the pulpit, meantime, being supplied
by transient preachers and regular candidates. On Feb. 25, 1762, Mr. Phinehas
Whitney received an unanimous call to settle, on the following terms: First, he was
to receive ;^133 6s 8d as a settlement, one-half to be paid in three months and the
rest within a year. Second, he was to receive £h'6 13s 4d as a salary, to be raised to
j^60 when the town should have seventy-five families. Third, he was annually to
receive twenty cords of wood, to be cut and brought to his door. These preliminaries
being adjusted, Mr. Whitney was ordained June 23, 1762. The ministry of Mr. Whit-
ney, which lasted for more than half a century, was one of general peace and pros-
perity. He had the confidence of his people, and between him and them a good de-
gree of harmony was maintained. He was also favorably considered abroad, was
frequently invited to sit in ecclesiastical councils, to assist in the settlement of clergy-
men, and was noted for his decisions and firmness. In the trying period of the
American Revolution, when the people of the town found themselves unable to pay
his full salary, he bore the deprivations with calm resignation, and even contributed
of his private resources toward the expense of the war what would have been an
equitable tax on his property had that property been legally taxed. Mr. Whitney
was a classmate and particular friend of Rev. Zabdiel Adams, of Lunenburg, and
preached the funeral sermon at tht.- burial of that distinguished divine. In his doc-
trinal views Mr. Whitney assented to many of the tenets that were imported in the
Mayflower, yet maintained a becoming liberality toward fellow-Christians of other
names. He seemed rooted and grounded in the noble principles of Armenian Con-
gregationalism, and believed that on these principles the church militant could be
most surely established. He was graduated from Harvard in 1759, and died in 1819,
after having entered the fifty-seventh year of his ministry. For several of the later
years of his life he was deprived, by paralysis, of ability to perform his pulpit labors,
and had the assistance of a colleague from 1815 until within a few months of his death.

Mrs. Whitney's father, Lieut. Moses Willard, was born in Lancaster about 1702.
He resided in Groton on a farm near the Nonaicocius purchase and bounding in part
on the brook. He purchased in Groton in 1723, and dwelt in that town until 1732.
About 1733 he removed to Lunenburg and there joinedCaptain, afterward Col., Josiah
Willard in obtaining from the Province of Massachusetts the grant of the town of
Winchester and became one of the grantees. A new charter was obtained from the
Province of New Hampshire in 1753, it having been ascertained to be within the
limits of the latter province. Much of his time seems to have been passed in the
new township and in guarding the frontier at Fort Dummer and Ashuelot. He was
an earlv inhabitant of Charlestown No. 4, a frontier town particularly exposed to
attack from the French and Indians. And it so happened in the old French war,
that, on the 18th of June, 1756, when Lieut. Moses Willard with his son of the same
name, was at work upon his farm, within sight of the fort, the Indians made a sudden
attack upon them. -.The father fell mortally wounded. The Indians pursued the son
and wounded him with a spear; but he succeeded in making his escape, carrying the
spear with him into the fort. Lieut. Moses had two children and the sufferings of
the family did not begin with the death of the father or the wound of the son. In
Aug., 1754, on a previous attack the daughter Susannah, wife of James Johnson and
her sister Miriam, a young girl of fourteen, afterward the wife of Rev. Phinehas
Whitney, of Shirley, were with several others taken captive and carried through the
wilderness to Canada. Mr. Johnson published a narration of her captivity, which
contains many interesting recitals. Moses Willard was the son of Simon and Mary
(W^hitcomb) Willard, and this Simon was a son of Henry and Mary (Lakin) Willard,
and this Henry was the fourth son of Major Simon. He d. Dec. 13, 1819; res. Shir-
ley, Mass.

1926. i. Thomas, b. Mar. 19, 1771; m. Henrietta Parker.

1927. ii. Nicholas B., b. Mar. 21, 1772; m. Ann Adams.

1928. iii. Lydia, b. Sept. 8, 1773; m. Jan. 8, 1804, John Watson. She d. Feb.

7, 1853, leaving 6 ch.

1929. iv. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 8, 1775; m. May 1, 1808, Dr. Amos Parker of

Bolton, Mass.; had 3 ch.

1930. v. William, b. Oct 3, 1778; m. Elizabeth Fiske and Martha Sym-

onds.

1931. vi. Rebecca Cook, b. Sept. 2, 1781; m. May 16, 1801, William B.

Merriam; had 4 ch. Mrs. Deacon Merriam d. in Essex Village,
N. Y. in 1874. She was the mother of Gen. Wm. S. Merriam
who was father of Col. John L. Merriam of St. Paul, (he d.

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there Jan. 12, 1895; obituary in St. Paul Sunday Globe, Jan. 13,
1895), who was the father of ex-Governor Wm. R. Merriam of
St. Paul, ex-Governor of Minnesota.

1932. vii. Phineas S., b. July 6, 1785; m. Lucy Cobb, Julia Robinson, and

Eliza Collard He d. May 8, 1855, and left 3 ch.

1933. viii. Sarah, b. Dec. 19, 1787; unm.

1934. ix. Clarissa, b. Dec. 2, 1790; m. May 14, 1815, Henry Isaacs; had 3

ch.

1935. X. Charles, b. Jan. 2, 1794; m. Dolly Davenport.

793. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Mass., Feb. 11, 1746; m. in Westminster, prob. June 30, 1784, Thankful
Wilder. He d. in Westminster where he always resided, and she moved to Oswego,
N. Y., and resided with her son Moses. He d. 1812; res. Westminster, Mass.

1936.
1937.
1938.
1939.

Moses, b. May 19, 1789; m. Mary Paige.

Pliney, b. Nov. 13, 1787; m. Caroline Dean.

Smyrna, b. Mar. 5, 1786; m. Ruth Whitney.

Salome, b. Jan. 10, 1792; m. Samuel Hale, of Fitchburg, Mass.,
b. Oct. 20, 1792. He was a farmer, member of the Calvanistic
Congregational church and afterward of the Rollstone Congre-
gational church; a Republican. He d. Feb. 1, 1880; she d. June
25, 1880. Ch.: John Moses, b. Nov. 21, 1819; res. 169 Cambridge
street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Samuel Whitney, b. Apr. 2, 1822; m.and d.
Oct. 16, 1890. Ex-Gov. Samuel Whitney Hale was born in Fitch-
burg, Mass. His grandfather. Moses Hale, came to Fitchburg
from old Newbury, and was a farmer by occupation. Samuel Hale
was also a farmer. He was a director of the Citizens' Bank of
Keene and of the Wachusett Bank in Fitchburg, Mass. His
benefactions have been numerous and generous. While he was
very reticent concerning such matters, it is well known that he
had been instrumental in educating a Congregational clergy-
man, a missionary, a physician, and a young lady, the latter at
Holyoke seminary, in addition to which he gave at one time
$12,000 toward building a Congregational church in Keene. On
the 12th day of September, after a most exciting and hotly con-
tested canvass, he received the Republican nomination as can-
didate for governor. His election followed, and as governor he
continued until 1885. Ch.: Wm. Samuel, b. Dublin, N. H., May
IT, 1854. Educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and
for a time studied at Yale College, but did not graduate.
Engaged in manufacturing furniture with his father at Keene,
N. H.; m. Oct. 10, 1883, Emma Wheeler Frost, b. Apr. 18, 1856,
2d dau. of Hon. Rufus S. Frost, of Chelsea, Mass.; res. at Keene,
N. H.; engaged in manufacturing. Ch.: Margaret, b. Mav 11,
1887, at Keene, N. H.; Josephine, b. Oct. 21. 1889, at Keene, N.
H.; Samuel Whitney, b. Apr. 12, 1891, at Keene, N. H.; Mary
Louise Hale, b. at Dublin, N. H., Aug. 26, 1855. Educated at
Abbot Academy, Andover, Mass. Lived with her parents in
Keene, N. H., until her marriage, Oct. :-'0, 1884, to Rev. Wm.
DeLoss Love, Jr. He was born at New Haven, Conn., Nov. 29,
1851, being the second son of Rev. Wm. DeLoss Love, D. D.
He was educated at Milwaukee Academy, Milwaukee, Wis., and
graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in the class of
1873. After teaching two years at Leicester Academy, Leices-
ter, Mass.. and the Broadway Grammar School, Norwich, Conn.,
he entered Andover Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., and
graduated in the class of 1878. He married, July, 1878, Ada
Minerva Warren, of Leicester, Mass., who died without issue,
May 31, 1881. He was ordained at Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 18,
1878, and dismissed from that pastorate in July, 1881. After a
year spent in travel, he served lor a time the Second Congrega-
tional Church in Keene, N. H.; engaged in mercantile pursuits,
and was the private secretary of Gov. Hale during his term in
office. After his marriage to the daughter of Gov. Hale, he
resumed the practice of his profession, and was installed as

1940.

1941.

ii.

1942.

111.

1943.

IV.

1944.

V.

1945.

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pastor of the Pearl Street Congregational Church, in Hartford,
Conn., May 6, 1885, where he has since resided. He was the first
chaplain of the Conn. Society of the Sons of the American Revo-
lution, of which he was one of the original members; is an inter-
ested member of the Connecticut Historical Society and its cor-
responding secretary, and a member of the American Antiqua-
rian Society. He received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
from Hamilton College in 1894, and the same year was appointed
a member of the Board of Park Commissioners of Hartford.
Ch.: Mary Emelia, b. May 13, 1886, d. May 20, 1886; Marie
Hale, b. July 9, 1887, d. July 21, 1889; Ethel Hay, b. Mar. 26,
1889; Emma Rilda, b. Feb. 9, 1891; Wm. DeLoss, b. Nov. 22,
1892; Henry Augustus Hale, b. May 13, 1825; address, 304 Pearl
street, New York City; Mary Elizabeth Hale, b. May 2, 1828;
lived with her parents at Fitchburg; unm.; d. June 30, 1879.

794. Abner Whitney (Samuel. William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, May 18, 1748; m. May 14, 1770, Elizabeth Glazier, of Shrewsbury; d. Apr. 3,
1778; m. 2d Apr 22, 1779, Lavina (Glazier) Ward; b. May 9, 1752; d. July 23. 1838.
He d. Sept., 1811, in West.; res. Westminster and Ashburnham, Mass.
■ Oliver, b. Dec. 8, 1770; d. June 24, 1T94.

John, b. July 28, 1772; m. Susanna Smith.

Levi, b. Jan. 1, 1777; m. Phebe Warren.

Jonas W., b. Apr. 22, 1780; m. Phebe Rand.

Joseph G., b. June 22, 1783; m. Lavina Dunn.

Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1785; m. Lorey Barnes.

DoLLV, b. Oct. 26, 1791; m. Vinal Dunn.

Abel, b. May 14, 1793; d. unm., Apr. 28, 1852.

796. Capt. Silas Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 20,
1752; m. Jan. 27, 1774, Sarah Withington, b. 1753. After her husband's death, in 1S20,
she was the wife of Earle.

Capt. Silas Whitney, son of Samuel and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney, was b. in
Westminster, Oct. 20, 1752. He m. Jan. 27, 1774, Sarah Withington, b. in Stow, 1753,
dau. of William and Sarah (Lockej Withington. After his marriage he lived four
years in Westminster. He sold his farm in that town in 1778 and purchased a large
tract of land in the southeast part of Ashburnham. Here he soon became the lead-
ing farmer in this vicinity. The size of his barns and granaries and the number of
his horses and cattle are the living theme of tradition. He was a captain of the
militia and was prominent in town affairs. In the midst of a life of industry and
usefuness he d. at mid. age, Nov. 14, 1798. Mr. Gushing records his death with the
remark that "he died suddenly after a few days of complaining, though not con-
fined. He was sitting in a chair leaning on a table and sunk down, and almost im-
mediately expired." The widow settled the estate and prudently managed the
affairs in the interest of her children. She m. 2d, 1802, Thomas Earle, of Leicester,
and d. in that town Jan. 12, 1820. There were four sons and twenty-four grandsons
of Capt. Silas and Sarah (Withington) Whitney, and including the female lines the
number of their descendants named in these registers is above two hundred. He d.
Nov. 14, 1798; res. Ashburnham, Mass,

1948. i. Susannah, b. Sept. 29, 1776; m. Apr., 1797, Josiah Brown; res. in

Stow; a granddaughter is Mrs. Susie A. Dyer, res. 824 Colum-
bus street, Ottawa, 111. Ch.: Silas, b. Dec. 12, 1797; d. unm.,
in Stow Mar. 4, 1856; Josiah, b. Jan. 21, 1799; Susan, b. July 2,
1801; Ohio, b. Apr. 29, 1808; m. "Sarah Ellis; Horatio, b. July 25,
1805; Nancy, b, Nov. 11, 1806; Reuben, b. Mar. 17, 1808; Sally,
b. Sept. 17, 1811; Anna, b. May 7, 1815; m. Ephraim Ray, of
Stow.

1949. ii. Silas, b. Oct. 1, 1779; m. Hannah Gushing.

1950. iii. Sarah, b. July 1, 1781 ; m. Nov. 27, 1800, Capt. Caleb Wilder, b.

Mar. 22, 1773; d. Jan. 29, 1834. She d. June 14, 1820. He was
Capt. of the Ashburnham Light Infantry, and often chosen to
office in town affairs. Ch.: Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1801; d. June 11,
1817; Sarah, b. May 7, 1803; m. Silas Smith; res. Farmington,
Iowa; Nancy, b. Nov. 19, 1806; m. David Laws; Silas W., b. Dec.
13, 1808; d. Oct. 31, 1812; Caleb, b. Oct. 28, 1810; d. unm.; Silas

148 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

W., b. July 26, 1814; m. Caroline Bishop; Abel T., b. Oct. 9,
1816; d. Mar. 14, 1839; Dorothy C.b.June 16, 1819; m. Samuel
Twombly; res. Iowa.

1951. iv. Samuel, b. May 20, 1783; m. Abigail Wilder.

1952. V. William, b. Aug. 5, 1785; m. Lucy Brooks and Mercy (Burgess)

Bemis. '

1953. vi. Ohio, b. Mar. 22, 1789; m. Mary Bolton and Mrs. Dorothy (May-

nard) Brown.

1954. vii. Abigail, b. May 15, 1791; m. Nov. 8, 1807. Jesse Ellis, b. June 19,

1789; d. July 17, 1870. She d. Jan. 24, 1869; res. Ashburnham,
Mass. Ch.: Mary W., b. Mar. 19, 1809; m. Oliver G. Caldwell;
Samuel, b. Apr. 1, 1811; m. Sarah W. Cushing; Wm. P., b. June
31, 1813; m. Annes Green Randall and Mrs. Martha (Swain)
Wellington; Obed, b. Mar. 13, 1815; m. Mercy Stoddard; Nancy,
b. Sept. 3, 1817; m. Bailey Marble; Sarah, b. Jan. 20,1822; m.
Ohio Brown; Lucy C, b. Dec. 11, 1824; m. Noyes B. Herrick;
Susan B., b. Apr. 23, 1829; m. Jonathan A. Perham; Mary J., b.
Aug. 13, 1833; m.Wm. H. Brown.

1955. viii, Nancy, b. Nov. 19, 1794; m. Apr. 23, 1811, Laban Cushing; b. Apr.

29, 1791; d. Oct. 17, 1847. She d. Jan. 27, 1871; res. Ash. Ch.:
Nancy W., b. June 20, 1813, m. John Munroe; Sarah, b. May 18,
1815; m. Samuel Ellis; Joseph, b. Oct. 6, 1817; m. Elmira Marble,
Mary Ann Arnold, and Betsey Cushing; res. Fitchburg, Mass.;
Laban, b. Mar. 22, 1820; m. Adaline Keyes; res. Fitchburg, Mass.;
Rebecca A., b. Sept. 12. 1822, m. Isaac D.Ward; Susan A., b.
Nov. 13, 1824; m. Jonas Corev; Mary J., b. Feb. 27, 1826; m.
Gardner P. Hawkins; res. F.; Charles G., b. "Feb. 16, 1829; m.
Jane E. Willard; Harriett M., b. Aug. 22, 1831; m. Porter E.
Barton; Geo. R., b. Sept. 8, 1835: m. Julia Thompson; David
M., b. Oct. 11, 1839; m. Ellen A. Foster; Hannah E., b. July 29,
1841; m. Geo. S. Doe; res. Gt. Falls, N. H.

798. Elisha Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, July 2, 1757; m. in 1781, Eunice Seaver. He served in the Revolutionary
army in the company commanded by Capt. Sargent; res. Westminster and Win-
chendon, Mass.

Orpha, b. Sept. 24, 1783.

Joseph, b. Feb. 22, 1785.

Norman S., b. Mav 22, 1791.

Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1787; d. May 11, 1789.

Tryphena, b. Jan. 18, 1788.

Tryphosa, b. Mar. 2, 1790.

800. Phinehas Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Jan. 16, 1761; m. 1788, Elizabeth Rand.

He settled in Westminster, on the northerly part of his father's estate, in the
house now occupied by John C. Goodridge. Mr. Whitney sold the place to Jacob
Sawyer, from whom it passed to Joel Whitney, and removed to Pittsford, Vt., where
both he and his wife spent the remainder of their days. During the Revolutionary
war he served in the company from Westminster, and some years after its close
moved to Rutland Co., Vt., where he was grafted a pension Mar. 3, 1831, in his
71st year; res. Westminster, Mass., and Pittsford, Vt.
" John, b. July 28, 1793.

Thomas, b. Mar. 18, 1795.

Lydia, b. Mar. 30, 1788.

Betsey, b. Dec. 27, 1789.

Nancy, b. Sept. 21, 1791.

801. Hananiah Whitney (Samuel, William, Nathaniel, John, John), b. West-
minster, Dec. 18, 1762; m. Azabah Keyes, b. June 5, 1767.

He was a resident of Westminster, and later was one of the tithingmen of
Winchendon. During the Revolutionary war he served in one of the Winchendon
companies. His will is dated Oct. 11, 1833, and probated Apr. 7, 1835. Capt. Mart
Whitcomb was exec. He d. in 1835; res. Westminster and Winchendon, Mass,
1967. i. Moses, b. Nov. 28, 1789; m. Sophia Cutler.

1956.

1957.

ii.

1958.

iii.

1959.

IV.

1960.

V.

1961.

VI.

1962.

i.

1963.

ii.

1964.

HI.

1965.

IV.

1966.

V.

1969.

iii.

1970.

IV.

1971.

V.

1972.

VI.

1973.

VIl.

1974.

Vlll.

1975.

IX.

1976.

X.

1977.

XI.

1978.

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1968. ii. Hananiah, b. May 29, 1792; m. Mary L. Beals and Sarah Bea-

man.
Alpheus B., b. Mar. 8, 1794.
AzuBAH B., b. Aug. 25, 1796; m. Henry Rand; res. Winchendon,

Mass., and Madison, Wis. They had one son, Henry. The

father d. at M.
Artemus B., b. .Sept. 5, 1798.
Stacy b ^— — ^—
BERiNA,'b. Feb. 4, 1801.
Esther B., b. June 13. 1803.
Silas Stacy, b. June 27, 1805; m. Mary B. Gate.
Levi P., b. Aug. 19, 1807.

Samuel A., b. Nov. 10, 1809; m. .

Abby Fletcher, b. Dec. 27, 1812.

804. James Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Aug. 10,
1753; m. at Newtown. Conn., Aug. 13, 1777, Eunice Johnson; b. Dec, 1756; d. Nov.
17, 1822; m. 2d Mrs. Rhoda Peet. He served in the Revolutionary war; was a
farmer and weaver. He d. May 21, 1841; res. Newtown, Conn.

1979. i. Abraham J., b. Mar. 28, 1778; m. Philena Adams.

1980. ii. Hannah Judson, b. Apr. 20, 1782; m. Major Samuel Chard; was

in war of 1812; res. Haverstraw, N. Y.
Zerah, b. June 10, 1784; m. Jane Demond.
Ruth Ann, b. Nov. 7, 1785.

Jerusha, b. Apr. 14, 1787; m. Henry Shenuck; res. Danby, N. Y.
James L., b. May 29, 1789; m. Maria Cass.
Sarah, b. Aug. 23, 1790; m. 1810, Amason Washburn; b. May 21,

1789; blacksmith and farmer. She d. in Huron, O., Apr. 13,

1859. He m. again; was in war of 1812.
viii. Philo, b. Apr. 27, 1792; m. Jerusha Wheeler and Aurelia Wheeler,

Ezra, b. Sept. 18, 1793; m. .

Eli, h. Feb. 25, 1795; m. Dorcas Austin.
Ethiel, b. May 6, 1796; m. Elizabeth Leonard.
Abel, b. Sept. 23, 1797; m. Elvira Tryphosa Beecher.

805. Samuel Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. Oct. 9, 1757;
m. 1783, Huldah Stilson. For seven years he was in the Revolutionary war. He d.
Jan. 3, 1808; res. Newtown, Conn.

John, b. July 29, 1784.

Annie, b. Nov. 3, 1785.

Thos. Judson, b. Oct. 4, 1787,

Oliver, b. Apr. 22. 1789; d. unm. Dec. 6, 1828.

Henry, b. Feb. 14, 1793; m. Betsey Hard.

809. Isaac Whitney (Samuel, Samuel, Nathaniel, John, John), b. 1773; m. at
Watertown, Conn., Jan. 15, 1798, Susannah Bryan; d. Mar. 16, 1861.

They settled in Watertown, Conn., and m 1805 he purchased land of Jonathan
Scott. He resided there until his death of the lake fever. After his death she dis-
posed of the property, and in 1816 moved to Westerlo, N. Y., where she resided until
1828, after which she resided with her daughter Sally, and died at her home in
Clarkson, N. Y. He d. Jan. 14, 1807; res. Claverack, N. Y., and Watertown, Conn.

1996. i. Sallie, b. Dec. 29, 1798; m. Apr. 20, 1820, Adam Snyder; b. June

15, 1798; res. Clarkson, N. Y. She d. there Oct. 31, 1880. He
d. Dec. 1, 1879; was a farmer. Adam and Sallie Snyder died
and were buried in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y. Ch.: Isaac
Whitney, b. June 26, 1827; d. June 26, 1827, in Westerlo, Albany
Co., N. v.; Henry Nettleton, b. May 24, 1831, in Clarkson, Mon-
roe Co., N. Y.; m. in Unadilla, Mich., Oct. 18, 1876, to Carrie
Eugenia Lyman; present address. Bureau of Pensions, Middle
Dept., Washington, D. C.

1997. ii. Susanna, b. Dec. 5, 1800; d. Mar., 1821, at W^esterlo, N. Y.

1998. iii. Isaac John, b. Dec. 20, 1803; m. Martha Ann Rowell.

811. Zachariah Whitney (Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Jan. 16, 1747,
in Woburn, Mass.; m. in Harvard, Aug. 18, 1774, Elizabeth Wetherbee.

He made his will July 28, 1827. It was probated May 20, 1828. In it he gives

1981.

in.

1982.

IV.

1983.

V.

1984.

VI.

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vn,

1986.

vii

1987.

ix.

1988.

X.

1989.

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1990.

XII,

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1992.

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1993.

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legacies to his grandsons, Joseph H. and Josiah B. Whitnfey, and Levina Eaton,
widow of John Eaton, of Ashby; children of his son, Zachariah W., deceased, dau.
Lydia Hastings, wife of Naaman Hastings; gr. dau., Betsey Stevens; daus., Betsey
Marshall, Sally Watkins, Hannah Billings. John Turner was executor. He d. Apr.
1828; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

1999.
2000,
2001,
2002.

Zachariah, b. ; m.

i. Betsey, b. -; m. Marshall.

ii. Sally, b. ; m. Watkins.

V. Hannah, b. ; m. Billings.

2003. V. Lydia, b. Apr. 14, 1786; m. Sept. 1, 1809, Naaman Hastings; b.
Nov. 20, 1787; d. Oct. 4, 1864. She d. Dec. 23, 1845; res. Lu-

nenburg, Mass. Ch.: Hannah W., b. Apr. 1, 1810; m. Joseph
Marshall, d. Jan. or Feb.l 1885; Lydia, b. June 12. 1811; m. John
Ramsdell; res. Shirley Center, Mass.; a dau. is Mrs. Emily P.
Hoating; res. Lunenburg, Mass.; Betsey, b. Feb. 25, 1813; d.
Apr. 1, 1871; Thomas, b. Jan. 14, 1815; d. July 29, 1840; Naaman,
b. Mar. 4, 1819; d. Mar. 17, 1865; Sarah W., b. Dec. 8, 1819; d.
Aug. 14, 1821; Charles, b. Aug. 14, 1822; m. Abigail Proctor;
William, b. July 28, 1824; d. Nov. 9, 1849; Henry J., b. Apr. 10,
1830; m. Eliza W. Jewett, d. May 16, 1893.

816. John Whitney (Zachariah, John, Joseph, John, John), b. Apr. 16, 1756; m.
in 1775, Priscilla Battles, b. 1756; d. at Lunenburg Aug. 23, 1832. His son John was
appointed exec, of his will July 6, 1819. He d. July 23, 1819; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

2004. i. Zachariah, b. Feb. 10, 1777; m. Abigail Snow.

2005. ii. ZiMRi, b. May 14, 1775; m. Susanna Sanderson.

2006. iii. John, b. July 2, 1788; m. Sophia Faulkner and Mrs. Fanny (Howe)

Blodgett.

2007. iv. Sarah, b. May 26, 1791; m. Sept. 2, 1829, Peter Howe.

823. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Mar. 18, 1738;
m. July 3, 1760, Elizabeth Goddard. He served in the Weston Co. in the Revolu-
tionary war. Administration was granted on his estate Nov. 4, 1784, to his widow
Elizabeth. He d. 1784; res. Watertown, Mass.

2008. i. Jonathan, b. .

■ 2009. ii. Joseph, b. .

2010. iii. David, b. .

2011. iv. Elizabeth, b. .

825. Jonathan Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Apr. 12,.
1743; m. Oct. 10, 1766, Susanna Norcross; bap. July 27, 1746. During the Revolu-
tionary war he was in the Watertown company; res. Watertown, Mass.

Susanna, b. May 23. 1766.

Mary, b. Jan. 10, 1768.

Jonathan, b. Dec. 16, 1769; m. Lucy Parks.

Joseph, b. June 16, 1774.

Samuel, b. May 6, 1776.

826. Abijah Whitney (Joseph, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. Sept. 6, 1744;:

m. June 12, 1783, Lydia Stearns; b. 1759; d. 1786; m. 2d Rebecca . His estate

was settled Apr. 14, 1829. He was in the Revolutionary war, in the company from
Weston, and later from Lincoln, in the regiment Commanded by Col. Drake. He d.
1829; res. Waltham and Weston, Mass.

2017. i. Martha, b. ; unm. in 1820.

2018. ii. Abijah, b.'in 1784; m. Anne Lawrence.

2019. iii. Nathan, b. in 1786; m. Martha Stearns.

828. Benjamin Whitney, Jr. (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. in
1737; m. Jan. 29, 1766, Sarah White, of Newton.

Benjamin Whitney, Jr., of Worcester, was a farmer. His will was probated Sept.
2, 1823, and his widow, Sarah, was executrix. The only child mentioned in the will
was his son, Amos. He held office in Worcester, often being elected at the annual
town meetings. In 1789 he was elected on the school committee, and in. 1790 sur-
veyor of boards and shingles. Apr. 19, 1775, he enlisted in Capt. Benj. Flagg's com-
pany, on the Lexington alarm. The Selectmen of Worcester haveing Laid before the
Town (Wore.) a List of Persons liable by Law and which they Judged able and Quali-
fied to serve on Petit Jurors in 1760 the name of Benj Whitney occurs. The Town

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proceeded to ye Choice of a Constable in ye Room of Josiah Peirce Excused, and
Benj Whitney was chosen (and Sworn 10th March 1762). Benj Whitney Surveyor of
high ways and Collector of high way taxes — appointed in 1770 and 1776. At a Town
meeting Held at the meeting House, in Worcester on Thurs. the Eighteenth Day of
October a D. 1764 after Legal Warning Eight o Clock fore noon^voted ye following
sums be Granted for ye following purposes — vizt — To Benj Whitney for Wm Breners
Pole Tax — 1.37. Benj Whitney served as Juror in the Inferior Court of Common
pleas and Court of General sessions of the peace in 1776. He d. July 30, 1823; res.
Worcester, Mass.

2020. i. Amos, b. ; m. Polly Kingsbury and Betsey Parker.

829. Samuel Whitney (Benjamin, Benjamin, Joseph, John, John), b. at Wor-
cester, Mass., in 1741; m. at Worcester Nov. 24, 1762, Mary White, of Newton; d.
prob. in Templeton; m. 2d Oct. 11, 1812, at Westminster, Mass., Hannah Wetherbee,
wid. of Ephraim, b. 1749; d. Dec, 1832.

According to the History of Westminster Samuel went from Worcester. He
made his will and it was probated Dec. 9, 1834, and allowed Nov. 17, 1835. In it he
mentions his wife Hannah, her daughter Hannah Wetherbee, son Moses, daughter
Patty Bowker and daughter Molly West. Mr. Spauldingwas executor. He d. June
29, 1832; res. Worcester, Templeton, and Westminster, Mass.

2021. i. Moses, b. ; m. Martha .

2U22. ii. Patty, b. ; m. Aug. 17, 1791, Jonathan Bowker, both of

Petersham.

2023. iii. Molly, b. ; m. West.

2024. iv. Abijah, b. ; d unm. in Templeton in 1796; his will is dated

Apr. 2.

834. Ezekiel Whitney (Ezekiel, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,

Mass., Apr. 13, 1768; m. Lydia ; m. 2d . He d. Dec. 1830; res.

Roxbury and Watertown, Mass.

2025. i. Frank, bap. June 2, 1793.

2026. ii. Leonard, bap. June 2, 1793.

2027. iii. Abigail, bap. Sept. 14, 1794.

2028. iv. Otis, bap. Aug. 12, 1798.

2029. V. Geo. W., b. Aug. 26, 1812; m. Elizabeth Cook.

2030. vi. Cromwell, b. .

2031. vii. Alvares, b. .

2032. viii. Jeremiah, b. ,

203^3. ix. James, b.
2034. X. Nahum p., b.

2035. xi. Lydia, b. ; m. Hvde.

2036. xii. Walter H.,b. 1819; m. Lydia E. Doyle.

839. Stephen Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Jan. 25,1771;
m. in Leominster, Sally Dexter, of Marlboro, b. Oct. 14, 1778. She m. 2d Capt.
Calvin Hale, and d. Mar. 28, 1846. She had two ch. by her second marriage, Chas. B.
and Maria S.

He was born in Lunenburg, but at the time of his decease had for 4 years been a
resident of Westminster, where he was associated in business in a country store with
Joseph Whitman. He also kept tavern, and the two, store and tavern, were con-
nected. He d. Sept. 16, 1811; res. Lunenburg and Westminster, Mass.

2037. i. William D., b. July 20, 1803; m. Harriet Hawks.

2038. ii. Eliza Dexter, b. June 19, 1805; m. in Leominster, Mass., Mar. 28,

1824, Augustus Pierce, b. Dec.29, 1795; d. Apr. 27, 1830. She d. Jan.
20, 1857. Ch.: Theodore W. Pierce, b. Nov. 6, 1824; m. Oct. 26,
1847, Laura A. Peasley, East Weare, N. H.; res. at 58 Amherst
St., Nashua, N. H.; Fidelia Pierce, b. Aug. 19, 1826; m. in Rox-
bury, Mass., John H. Hawes; d. June 19, 1877. She d. July 19,
1878.

2039. iii. Sally, b. Feb. 10, 1807; res. 420 Washington St., Dorchester, Mass.
■ 2040. iv. Susan, b. Aug. 20, 1809; m. Apr. 19, 1829, Emerson Hills, b. Mar. 7,

1804; d. Feb. 3, 1879; res. Leominster, Mass. Ch.: Juliette, b. June

4, 1831; m. Oct 12, 1853, Years; res. Lemo.

2041. V. Emily Stevens, b. Jan. 20, 1812; d. 1812.

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842. Abijah Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John. John), b. Aug. 10, 1776;
m. Feb. 6, 1812, Betsey Whitney, b. Westminster Apr. 1, 1788, dau. of Jonas; d. Nov.
16,1872.

He was born in Watertown, where he passed his boyhood days. He worked on
the farm, was interested in a country store and kept a toll gate. He finally settled
in Lunenburg and carried on an extensive provision business, supplying three towns
with meat. He was known the country round as " Uncle Bijah." During the latter
part of his life he was in poor health and resided with his son, Francis W., at whose
home he died in his 83d year. He d. Dec. 6, 1859; res. Lunenburg, Mass.

2042. i. Benjamin H., b. Oct. 15, 1813; m. Mary Butters and Sarah
Phelps.
Charles S., b. Oct. 16, 1816; d. Apr. 18, 1833.
Susan, b. Dec. 23, 1820; d. May 27, 1826.
Joseph, b. Feb. 21, 1823; d. Sept., 1825.
Francis W., b. July 15, 1825; m. Huldah B. Frost.
Mary E., b. July 19, 1828; m. Silas Whitney. She d. Apr. 1, 1887.
Ch.: Ella, b. ; m. Porter Hyatt; res. Leo.

2048. vii. MarthaC, b. Feb. 6, 1831; m. Seth Twitchell. Ch.: Herbert, b.

; res. Fitchburg; Milon, b. ; res. Fitchburg.

847. Prentiss Whitney (Stephen, John, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 2,
1787; ni. 1814, Sylvia Bicknell. He d. Nov. 18, 1870; res. Boston, Mass., Gardiner,
Me., and Westfield, N. Y.

2049. i. Sylvia, b. ; m. Townsend; res. Westfield, N. Y.

2050. ii. Mary, b. .

2051. iii. Edward, b. ; d.; his wid. res. in the west.

859. Nathan Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. July 1,
1765; m. Nov. 30, 1786, Eunice Puffer, b. Aug. 2, 1768; d. Feb. 24, 1846.

In 1793 he bought of Samuel Gerrish the greater part of lot No. 4, bounding east
and south on Bacon and Main streets, Central Village, and ever after res. thereon.
He was an upright, honorable, and trustworthy citizen. He held the office of town
treasurer from 1810 to 1830, discharging the duties of his office with conscientious
fidelity. Ab. the latter date, however, he experienced great financial embarrassment
and loss by a business disaster, in which others of his fellow-townsmen, as well as
himself, were seriously involved. He bore his misfortune, however, with creditable
patience, and maintained his good name and Christian standing to the end of his
life. He d. Feb. 14, 1851; res. VV^estminster, Mass.

Nathan, b. Mar. 28, 1793; m. Anne Miles Whitney.

Leonard, b. Sept. 18, 1800; d. Sept. 26, 1802.

Eunice, b. Dec. 12, 1787; d. Feb. 27, 1812.

Ruth, b. Nov. 12, 1789; m. Nov. 26, 1812, Smyrna Whitney (see).

She d. Nov. 25, 1858.
Peksis, b. Apr. 3, 1795; m. May 8, 1821.
Asa, b. Oct. 24, 1797; d. Sept. 27, 1802.
Asa, b. Oct. 25, 1803; d. Sept. 6, 1814.

Mary Reed. b. May 23, 1806; m. Feb. 23, 1830, Nathan Howard
Cutting, b. Princeton, Mass., May 29, 1805. She d. May 25, 1882.
He d. July 16, 1884, in Worcester, Mass. Ch.: Franklin H., b.
Oct. 30, 1832; d. Nov. 4, 18a^; Ann Maria, b. Feb. 1, 1836; m.
Joseph O. Adams; res. 25 Oread place, Worcester, Mass.; Susan
Louise, b. Aug. 29, 1838; m. Edward Whitney (see); Charles H.,
b. Sept. 1, 1841; d. Newburn, N. C, in war, Jan. 24, 1863; Wm.
Jones, b. Nov. 12, 1845; unm.; res. with Ann; Frank W., b. Dec.
10, 1851; unm.; res. with Ann.
2060. ix. Leonard, b. Nov. 23, 1808; m. Dec. 9, 1830; a son Henry res. Bat-
tle Creek, Mich.

860. Dea. David Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Aug. 16, 1767; m. in Princeton, Nov. 24, 1791, Elizabeth Barron, b. July 3,
1768; d. Apr. 28, 1853. Deacon David Whitney was born in Westminster, where he
always resided. He was foremost in all movements for the welfare of the people.
He resided on the old homestead settled by his father, Capt. Nathan, in 1752. When
ten years of age he was very sick, and it is said his life was saved by the skill of a
Hessian (British) soldier, who was a prisoner of war at Rutland. The physician was
recommended by another prisoner who was boarding at his father's.

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He inherited his father's habits of industry, economy, and thrift. He was a
deeply religious man, earnestly devoted to the interests of the First church of the
town, whose fortunes he shared and served as Dea. for more than 60 years. He
also partook of the military spirit, which manifested itself, at an early age, by his
enlistment in the service of the state for the suppression of Shays' rebellion. Later
in life, July 12, 1811, he was commissioned Capt. of the So. Co. in W. by Gov.
Elbridge Gerry. He was two years a member of the board of selectmen. He lived
to be almost a centenarian. He made his will Aug. 2, 1853. It was ofifered for pro-
bate May 22, 1867. His son Aaron was exec. He d. Mar. 24, 1867; res. Westminster,
Mass.

2061. i. Tabitha, b. Mar. 9, 1793; m. July 10, 1823, Capt. John C. Miller.

She d. Apr. 11, 1888. He was b. June 3, 1785; d. Oct. 2, 1864.
Ch.: John Flavel, b. May 5, 1824; d. Aug. 17, 1846; Elizabeth,
d. in infancy; George, b. June, 1827; d. Feb. 18, 1867; m. C. E.
Gill; ch., Frank, b. 1856, m. Miss Marsh; infant daughter; Flora

Ella, b. ; d. Nov. 2.3, 1887, m. E. Boyn; Nina Belle, b.

Mar. 6, 1864. d. 1866; Nathan Brick, b. Mar. 6, 1864; d. Sept. 27,
1888; Ada C, b. 1866, m. J. Grill Lamb. David, b. May 7,
1829, m. Laura Davis; ch., son died in infancy; Charles O.,
b. Mar. 9, 1861, m. Mary Dargee; George, b. Nov., 1867, m.

Smith; res. Gardner. Sarah E., b. Dec. 25, 1830, m.

Thomas Marshall; ch., Clara Louise, b. Dec. 30, 1872; res. Leo-
minster. Joseph, b. Oct. 14, 1832, m. Emily Follett; ch., Kate
F., b. Feb. 17, 1871; Abbie, b. June, 1875; Josephine, b. Aug.,
1879; res. Westminster. Isaac B., b. Nov. 22, 1834, m. Jennie
E. Potter, ch., dau. d. in infancy; Alene S., b. June, 1862; d.
May 30. 1881; m. W. O. Sawm; John Calvin, b. June, 1864, m.
K. S. McClure; res. Gardner. Calvin, b. Mar. 18, 1837, m.
Amelia V. Alger, descendant of Thomas Alger, who came
from England in 1634, and settled in Plvmouth colonv; ch.,
Morton Melvin, b. Feb. 10, 1873; Allan Balcom, b. Jan. 28, 1883;
res. Athol.
Betsey, b. Jan. 18, 1795; d. May 4, 1796.
David, b. Oct. 24, 1796; d. unm. Mar. 8, 1875.
Reuben, b. May 8, 1798; d. July 27, 1800.
Aaron, b. Mav 1, 1800; m. Martha Ravmond.
Betsey, b. Feb. 5, 1802; m. Jan. 16, 1823, Nathan Howard. He
was b. June 2, 1795; d. July 18, 1879; res. Westminster, Mass. Ch.:
Maria, b. May 16, 1824; Elizabeth W., b. July 24, 1827; Marv, b.
Feb. 15, 1830; Nathan P., b. Oct. 17, 1832; Calvin, b. Apr'. 10,
1835; d. May 14, 1865; Joseph, b. May 6, 1837; Albert, b. May
23, 1845.

2067. vii. Reuben P., b. July 24, 1804; m. Clarissa C. Woodward, Mrs. Fi-

delia B. Pierce and Mrs. Nancy R. Thomas.

2068. viii. Isaac, b. Mar. 4, 1806; m. Susan Barrett and Eliza Perkins.

2069. ix. Mary, b. Aug. 19, 1808; m. Feb. 15, 1826, William S. Everett, b.

Oct. 13. 1805; d. Feb. 19, 1885; farmer; res. Westminster. Ch.:
Mary Whitney, b. May 16, 1828; m. Joseph Brown at Princeton,
Mass., Jan. 1, 1847; present address, Davis ave., Brookline,
Mass; have one son, Joseph Everett Brown, b. Westminster,
Mass., Mav 21, 1867; present address, Brookline, Mass.; m. Kate
Yeaton Mix, May 21, 1891.

2070. x. Sally, b. June 17, 1810; m. June 16, 1842, Moses Booth; res. 4315

Champlain ave., Chicago, 111. He was b. Sept. 13, 1801 ; d. Sept. 9,
1855. Ch.: Sarah Judson, b. Aug. 27, 1842; m. Dec. 4, 1868,
Samuel D. Hannan, who d. May 9, 1889.

2071. xi. Calvin, b. Dec. 1, 1813; m. Hildah Brown.

861. John Whitney (Nathan, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Oct. 13, 1769;
m. in Westminster in 1790, Elizabeth Stearns, b. Aug. 1, 1770. She m. 2d James
Walker, who died s. p. the next year; she m. 3d Luke Warren and had Mary and
Aaron. She d. Oct. 30, 1838.

John Whitney was born in Waltham, Mass., and moved with his parents when
young to Westminster. He followed agricultural pursuits, was a stanch Christian,
good citizen, strong temperance advocate and bittetly opposed to slavery. He was

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never in public life, but made many friends by his integrity and Christian virtues^
He d. Tune 25, 1802; res. Westminster, Mass.

2072. i. John, b. Jan. 15, 1795; d. Feb. 22, 1796.

2073. ii. John, b. Feb. 20, 1797; m. Lydia Allen.

2074. iii. Betsey, b. May 3, 1799; m. Apr. 30, 1829, Thomas Merriam, b.

July 23, 1801; d. Sept. 24, 1877; res. Westminster. Ch., Mary £.„
b. June 4, 1830; Sarah M., b. June 7, 1835; John F., b. Aug 23,
1838; all res. W. The mother d. July 15, 1888.

2075. iv. Linda, b. Mar. 8, 1802; m. Nov. 20, 1823, at Hubbardston, JdSeph

Raymond, b. Mar. 15, 1796. She d. Mar. 23, 1847. Ch.: Alfred
Whitney, b. Sept. 22, 1824; res. Jewett, N. Mex.; Melinda
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1826; unm.; Joseph Downe, b. Feb. 17,
1828; res. Pleasant St., Worcester, Mass.; Reuben Stearns, b.
May 13, 1830; m. and died leaving Edward Lincoln and William
Holbrook; his wid. m. William Bearing, res. Shellville, Cal.;.
Susan Wood, b. Oct. 28, 1831; m. Heman Lincoln Chase, of
Boston, at Hubbardston, Mass., the 18th of Oct., 1854; res. 126
Harvard St., Brookline, Mass. He was son of Rev. Irah Chase,
D. D., and Harriet Savage Chase, and was born at Newton,
Mass., Sept. 22, 1829, and died in Brooklme, Feb. 11, 1884. Her
husband and her deceased son, Henry, were Baptists and all
her other children the same. Harriet Savage Chase married
Herbert Eveleth Greene, July 15, 1886. He graduated from
Harvard college and has the degree of Ph. D. Dr. Greene is a
prof, in Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. They have one son, born
June 14, 1890. Prof. Greene is an orthodox Congregationalist;
the child's name is William Chase Greene. Heman Lincoln
Chase, Jr., graduated from Harvard, receiving the degree of
A. M., in 1882, and afterward the degree of Dr. of Medicine
from the Harvard Med. school, then studied abroad, and is now
practicing in Brookline, unmarried, and a Republican. Henry
Ernest Chase graduated from Harvard in 1883 with the degree
of A. M. Susan Raymond Chase was married to Frank Leon-
ard Creesy, June 12, 1889. Mr. Creesy graduated from Harvard
Coll. in the class of '82 and afterward from the Harvard law
school, practicing law in Boston and living in Brookline. Re-
publican. They have one child, Madeline Creesy, born Mar.
26, 1891. Edith Chase is a student at Smith College, Northamp-
ton, Mass.; Henry Chase, b. July 12,1840; res. Council Bluffs, la.

863. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Waltham, June
23, 1765; m. (pub.) Jan. 10, 1790, Mary Barrett, b. 1768, d. Aug. 23, 1841. He was b.
in Waltham and m. in Ashby. After the births of four of their children they
were dismissed to the church in Ashby, Nov. 24, 1799. There they ever afterward
resided, honored and respected. He d. Dec. 24, 1842; res. Watertown and Ashby,
^lass

2076. i. Josiah, b. Mar. 20, 1791; m. Rebecca Rice.

2077. ii. Sally, b. Mar. 19, 1792; m. Dec. 16, 1814, Oliver Kendall, res.

Ashby. She d. Nov. 23, 1889. He was b. June, 1792; d. Apr.
15, 1857. Ch.: Sarah, b. Mar. 22. 1818, d. Aug. 16, 1822; Josiah
Quincy, b. Apr. 2-1, 1825, m. Amanda H. Adams Sept. 13, 1853;.
d. June 15, 1883; Clarissa; John Miron, b. Oct. 4, 1829, d. Nov.
9, 1846.

2078. iii. Jonas Prescott, b. Sept. 22, 1793; m. Rebecca Piper and Louisa

Wheeler.

2079. iv. Mary, b. Sept. 14, 1796; m. July 17, 1817, Oliver L. Wheeler; res.

Ashby, Mass. She d. July 5, 1888. He was b. Aug. 6, 1795; d.
May 13, 1891. Ch.: Cynthia Barrett, b. June 30, 1818; m. May
11, 1846, Lewis Raymond of Norwich, Conn., who died same
fall; d. Mar. 30, 1852; Oliver Gushing, b. Sept. 15, 1819; d. Oct. 17,.
1838; Otis Adams, b. Nov. 1, 1820; m. Mar. 12, 1863. Mary Eliza-
beth Jewett, ch., Charles Gushing, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., May
18, 1864, d. Mar. 18, 1868; Ellen Louisa, b. in Fitchburg, Mass.,
Mar. 29, 1866, d. Apr. 25, 1866; Fanny Maria.b. in Fitchburg, Mass.,
Sept. 26, 1867; Walter Otis, b. in Fitchburg, Mass., June 25, 1871;

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Mary Augusta, b. Feb. 7, 1823; m. May 30. 1843, K. W. Knight of
Ashburnham, Mass. He d. Sept. 5, 1858; m. 2d, Nov. 22, I860,
S. G. Frost; ch., Charles Montague, b. Apr. 29, 1846, d. Sept.
1846; Cynthia Elizabeth, b. June 5, 1848; Eddie Hurbert
Frost, b. July 27, 1866, d. Feb. 25, 1867; Charles Merriam,
b. Feb. 12, 1827; d. Sept. 9, 1853; Harriet Whitnev, b. Mar.
16, 1829; m. Apr. 25, 1857, John S. Wetherbee, of New York City,
ch., Adella Frances, b. in New York, Nov. 8, 1858; Miranda
Russell, b. in New York, March 5, 1860, d. Mar. 26, 1861; Hattie
Jane, b. in Ashby, Nov. 19, 1861; Alary Miranda, b. in New York,
Jan. 9, 1863; Charlotte Wheeler, b. in New York, Apr. 14, 1865;
Jane Hubbard, b. May 15, 1830; d. Aug. 19. 1850; Walter Jewett.
b. Apr. 19, 1833; m. Nov. 29, 1859, Abbie Louisa Brown, of
Keene, N. H.; Alice Aurelia, b. Dec. 17, 1834; m. Sept. 14, 1857,
W. F. White of Ashburnham, Mass.; m. 2d, Oct. 20. 1880, J. W.
Pickering of Boston, Mass., lawyer, office 28 School St. R. 31;,
Mary Aurelia, b. at Ashby, Mass.. Oct. 30, 1863; d. Dec. 17, 1863;.
Elizabeth Elmyra, b. July 2, 1838; m. June 16, 1868, Edwin.
Whitney, of Ashby, Mass.; d. July 13, 1887; Cynthia Elizabeth.
Knight, m. Dec. 7, 1868, George Adams Upton, of Townsend,,
Mass., ch., Edson Knight, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 22, 1869;
Fred, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 1, 1871, d. Sept. 24, 1871;
Mary Alice, b. in Townsend, Mass., Sept. 1, 1871, d. Dec. 15,
1872; George Forrest, b. in Townsend, Mass., May 5, 1874;
Charles Amos, b. in Townsend, Mass., Apr. 9, 1879; Roy Frost,,
b. in Townsend, Mass., Apr. 29, 1885.

2080. V. John B. b. Apr. 7, 1801; m. Harriett Gushing.

2081. vi. Nanxy. b. Mar. 29, 18o3; m. Feb. 8, 1825, Asa Holt, res. Ashbv>

She d. May 20, 1851. He was b. Mar. 21, 1801; d. Mar. 3, 1890.
Ch.: Lowell Convers, b. Aug. 19, 1826, m. Mary Ann Hayden
Dec. 20, 1848, P. O. address, Ashby, Mass.; Sarah Jane, b.'Oct.
4, 1828, m. Cyrus Appleton Davis Apr. 12, 1852, P.O., Dixon, III;
Nancv Elmira, b. Oct. 2, 1830, m. Luther Gregory Spaulding
Oct. 3, 1847, P. O., Ashbv. Mass.; Mary Alice, b. Nov. 27, 1835,
d. Aug. 23, 1854; Ellen Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1839, P. O., Elgm,
111.; Lyman Woodrow, b. Mar. 18, 1842, d. Mar. 22, 1863.

2082. vii. Alice, b. Dec. 17, 1806; m. in Ashby, 1837, Calvin J. Tyler. She

d. Sept. 19, 1858. He was b. Nov. 8, 1813; d. Mar. 23, 1887. Ch.:
John Martin, b. Dec. 20, 1838, d. Oct. 16, 1866; Sarah Kendall, b.
Jan. 16, 1840, m. Nov. 14, 1861, M. E. McDowell, res. Leominster;
Willard, b. Aug. 6, 1841,d.Aug.lO, 1845; Laura Matilda, b. May
22, 1844, m. Apr. 23, 1867, A. B. Upham, res. Leominster, Mass.;
Ann Caroline, b. Mar. 18, 1847, d. July 2, 1876; Alice, b. Oct. 3,
1850. d Oct. 3, 1854.

2083. viii. Willia.m, b. July 20, 1798; m. Fanny Lincoln.

865. Jonathan Whitney (Josiah, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. May, 8,
1772; m. Sarah Child. She died in 1828, and in her will mentions her sisters Louisa
Bedlow, Mary Shattuck and Belinda Stearns. Isaiah Child was executor. He d. in
•1826; res. Waltham, Mass.

2084. i. Josiah Qcincy, b. 1805, died in 1828; unm.

2085. ii. Jacob C, b. ; left 2 ch.

869. Joel Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. Westminster,
Sept. 13, 1765; m. Dec. 4, 1790, Lucy Holden, b. Feb. 25, 1770, d. Dec. 15, 1791; m. 2d
at W., Aug. 16, 1796, Mrs. Abigail (Holden) Merriam, b. Aug. 25, 1767, d. Nov. 18, 1848.

He was a man of vigorous intellect, good practical judgment, and great force of
character. His positive convictions and love of argument won for him in certain
circles the expressive title of "Old Reason." He lived fora few years with his brother
Jonas on the paternal estate, but at length sold to him, and purchased the place now
owned by J. C. Goodridge, on the No. Common, where his remaining life was spent.
His services were much in demand as arbitrator for the settlement of personal dif-
ferences and questions of controversy, requiring for their proper adjustment, good
sense, an impartial judgment, freedom from prejudice, and the disposition to deal
fairly and honorably with all parties concerned. He m. 1st, Lucy.dau.of Abnerand

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Elizabeth (Darby) Holden. She bore him 1 child, and he m. 2d, her sister, Abigail
(Holden) Merriam, wid. of Nathan, by whom he had 6 ch. He d. Apr. 15, 1857, at
Gardner; res. Westminister, Mass.

2086. ii. Joseph H., b. Dec. 27, 1799; m. Betsey Pratt.

2087. i. Cynthia, b. Oct. 12, 1797; m. Sept. 21, 1826, Ebenezer Jones, of

Westminster. She d. Apr. 7, 1891. Ch.: J. Walter, b. Aug. 8,
1829. In 1830 they went to Troy, N. Y. She d. 1892. His wid.
res. 47 Grand Division St., Troy.

2088. iii. Horace, b. Apr. 26, 1802; m. Mary Sawin.

2089. V. Theodore, b. Apr. 2, 1807; m. Betsey Wheeler.

2090. iv. Elizabeth Barnard, b. May 27, 1804; m. Oct. 6, 1825, Timothy

Weeks. She d. Apr. 17, 1887. He was b. in Bridgewater, N. H.,
Nov. 13, 1801 ; d. July 1, 1854. Ch. : Adeline Elizabeth, b. Oct. 2,
1826; m. Jan. 24, 1860, to Nathan W. Frye; P. O. address. Mrs.
Nathan W. Frye, 616 Main St., Woburn, Mass.; Mary A., b. July
28, 1828; m. Feb. 1, 1849, Henry A. Fielding; P. O. address,
Mrs. Henry A. Fielding, Bozeman, Mont.; Harriet G.,b. Sept. 25,
1830; m. July 1, 1849; Jeremiah S. Hall; P. O. address, Mrs. H.
G. Hall, 46 Tyler St., Lowell, Mass.; Augustus Whitney, b. Feb.
5, 1833; m. Mar. 25, 1867; Lauretta Frye; d. in Lowell, Feb. 21,
1892; Cynthia Jones, b. Mar. 25, 1836; d. May 15, 1842; Ellen,
b. Oct. 2, 1838; m. Dec. 8, 1862; Rev. E. P. Tenney ; P. O. address,
Mrs. E. P. Tenney, Pembroke, N. H.; Emma D., b. Mar. 13,
1841 ; m. Lester Willson, Mar. 2, 1869; P. O. address, Mrs. Lester
S. Willson, Bozeman, Mont.

2091. vii. Relief Farnsworth, b. Feb. 22, 1810; m. at Troy, N. Y., Oct.

21, 1835, Willet G. Tripp. She d. Apr. 26, 1875; res. Troy and
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was b. Feb. 8, 1810; d. Apr. 17, 1869. Ch.:
Caroline A., b. Sept. 27, 1859; m. Ansen Adams; she d. Apr. 10,
1880; Sarah A., b. Mar. 19, 1842; res. 723 Federal St., Trov, N.
Y.; John W., b. Sept. 7, 1844; m. Mary Higgins; P. O. address,
372 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harriet E., b. May 18, 1847; m.
Henry Parker; P. O. addres?, 285 Clifton PL, Brooklyn, N; Y.;
Franklyn M., b. May 18, 1850; m. June, 1879, Alma Morris; P.O.
address, 223 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; four other children,
who died in infancv.

2092. vi. Lucy, b. Nov. 25, 1791; m. Oct. 28, 1813, Joseph Brown, of West-

minster. Ch.: Lucy, b. July 14, 1814; m. Rev. Robert Stuart;
George, b. Dec. 12, 1816; m. Mary Perkins; Huldah, b. Sept. 8,
1818; m. Calvin Whitney, Sept. 7, 1837; Joseph, b. Sept. 23, 1820;
m. Mary Everett. The mother d. Oct. 18, 1821.

870. Squire Jonas Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Nov. 10, 1761; m. there Dec. 1, 1785, Elizabeth Raymond, of Princeton; b.
1766; d. Nov. 18, 1857.

Jonas Whitney, Jr., was born in Westminster, and succeeded to the estate of his
father. He was a man of marked natural ability and strength of character. Of
excellent judgment, well informed, thoroughly upright and trustworthy, he held a
high place in public esteem, and was often chosen to fill important posts of public
service, the duties of which he discharged with singular fidelity and effectiveness.
He was 11 years selectman, 24 years assessor, and 13 years representative to the
General Court, a term of service in that capacity more than twice as long as that of
any other person in the history of the town. He was also justice of the peace, being
well known as "Squire Whitney," and had much to do in the administration and
settlement of estates. His life was long, busy, useful, and full of honor. He d. Jan.
3,.1839; res. Westminster, Mass.
" 2093. i. Harrison G., b. Jan. 2, 1812; m. Louisa Carpenter and Eliza

Solander.

2094. ii. Betsey, b. Sept. 3, 1786; d. July 7, 1787.

2095. iii. Polly Everett, b. Oct. 25, 1792; m. Feb. 1816, John Perkins;

b. Feb. 25, 1789; d. in Morris, 111., Nov. 3, 1868. She d. Aug. 10,
1874. Ch. Mary, b. Nov. 1816; m Geo. Brown, 1839; d. 1888.
Her dau., Mrs. A. F. Barker, Monticello, Minn.; Eliza, b. May,
1817; m. Isaac Whitney, 1842; d. 1890; Mrs. S. B. W. Olsen,
dau., Santa Barbara, Cal. (See elsewhere.); Joseph, b. 1820;

2098.

vi.

2099.

VII.

2100.

Vll!

2101.

IX.

2102.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 157

address Monticello, Minn.; Myra, b. 1822; d. 1848; Harrison, b.
1824; address Westminster, Mass.; Catharine, b. 1831, d. 18o3-
Nancy Whitney, b Dec. 4, 1828; m. Oct. 10, 1856, Henry E.
Stevens; res. 34 Grove St., Norwich, Conn.; four other ch. d.
young.

2096. iv. Almira, b. July 16, 1799; m. Leonard Minott and Joel Cowee, of
Gardner. She d. s. p. Sept. 1, 1872.

2097, v. Nancy, b. Mar. 9, 1803; m. Aratas Raymond; res. W.; 3 ch. She
d. Aug. 7, 1875; a dau. Mary res. Gardner.

Charles, b. Mar. 21, 1797; m. Sarah Howard.
Joseph, b. Dec. 18, 1794; m. Sally Harrington.
Jonas, b. July 20, 1807; m. Lucinda Damon.
Betsey, b. Apr. 1, 1788; m. Abijah Whitnev (See).
Arethusa, b. Sept. 26, 1790; d. Aug. 4, 1796.

872. Capt. Benjamin Whitney (Jonas, David, Benjamin, John, John), b. West-
minster, Mass., Apr. 28, 1770; m. 1794, Nancy Fuller, b. Newton, Mass., Feb. 14, 1767;
d. Sept. 20, 1855.

He was a noted school teacher in his younger days, was prominent in town
affairs and captain of the local military company. Was selectman for several vears.
and was town clerk for several years. Though not a professor of religion he was an
upright and moral man, a good citizen and knid neighbor. He d. June 27, 1852; res.
Marlboro, N. H.

2103. i. Benjamin, b. May 25, 1802; m. Elmira Stimpson.

2104. ii. Nancy, b. Dec. 2, 1796; m. June 2, 1819, Solomon Sawtell, of Rindge,

N. H. She d. Apr. 17. 1864. He was b. Apr. 6, 1786; d. Dec. 13,
1861; was a shoemaker. Ch.: Benjamin Whitney Sawtell, 20
Bartlett St., Charleston, Mass.; John L. Sawtell, Mansfield, Mass.;
Mrs. Jane L. S. Richardson, 51 Arlington St., Fitchburg, Mass.;
Amaziah Sawtell, 292 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich.; Edwin Saw-
tell, 695 N. Main St., Brockton, Mass. Benjamin Whitney
Sawtell m. Rebecca Ann Jessop, Nov. 6, 1844. Their children
were 7: Benj. Whitney Sawtell, Jr., b. Aug. 5, 1845, d. Aug. 19,
1856; Harriet Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18. 1847, d. Jan. 28, 1867; Re-
becca Addielade, b. Aug. 26, 1849; m. Sept. 27, 1883 to Charles
W. Marsh, residing Fells Station. Melrose, Mass; then two
small children died in infancv of Benj. W. Sawtell's family;
afterwards were Ida Whitney.'b. Nov. 5, 1867; m. July 4, 1889,
to Charles S. Chapman, residing 20 Bartlett St., Charlestown,
Mass. (one child), Mildred Viola Chapman, b. Apr. 4. 1890; Her-
bert Russell Sawtell, b. Sept. 16, 1869, res. 20 Bartlett St.,
Charlestown, Mass.

2105. iii. RuHANNAH. b. Jan. 11, 1798; m. Mar. 28, 1826, Jeremiah R. Need-

ham, of Hollis, N. H., 2 sons. She d. in Hollis.

2106. iv. Sarah, b. Apr. 28, 1799; m. May 14, 1829, Joel Barker, of Milford,

N. H. She d. there.

2107. v. Lydia, b. May 15, 1800; m. Dec. 6, 1836, Abner Bailey, of Jaffrey,

N. H. She d. there Mar. 7, 1872.

2108. vi. Sophronia, b. Nov. 25, 1803; m. Jan. 22, 1829, Moses Parmerter;

res. Pepperell, Mass., and she d. there. He was b. Aug. 19,
1803; d. Nov. 11, 1863. He was a cabinet maker. Ch.: Eliza
Maria Parmenter, b. Nashua, N. H., Feb. 28, 1830; m. to James
Hobart Sept. 15, 1853. Present address Ea. Pepperell, Mass.;
ch., James Francis, b. Ea. Pepperell July 14, 1854; m. Nov., 1878.
Present address, Hartford, Conn., "The Linden," roorh 47; Hattie
Hobart, b. July 18, 1861, E. Pepperell, Mass.; m. Oct. 15, 1880,
at E. Pepperell, Mass. Present address, Mrs. Hattie Hobart,
Libby, E. Pepperell, Mass.; Charles Whitney Parmenter, b. in
East Wilton, N. H., Jan. 10, 1832; d. Nashua, N. H.; Mrs. E.
Maude Harvey, 36 Otterson street, Nashua, N. H.

2109. vii. Jonas, b. July 4, 1805; m. Charlotte Farman.

2110. viii. Syrena, b. Oct. 16, 1808; m. Mav 7, 1846, Louis Mclntire, of Ash-

burnham, Mass., where she d. July 9. 1851.

2111. ix. Harriett, b. May 22, 1812; m. Sept. 15, 1835, James Hobart; res.

Pepperell, Mass.

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2114.

2115.

2116.

iii.

2117.

iv.

2119.

vi.

2120.

vii.

2121.

viii

2122.

ix.

2112. X. Ben-jamin, b. Oct. 29, 1796; d. infancy.

2113. xi. Lucv, b. Oct. 8, 1807; d. Nov. 11, 1807.

881. Nathaniel Ruggles Whitney (Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John),
b. Mar. 19, 1759; m. Abigail Frotheringham; b. May 24, 1760. He was born in Water-
town in 1759, and in early life was a teacher, afterward a trader and farmer. For sev-
eral years he was justice of the peace, town clerk and selectman. During the
Revolutionary war he was in the Watertown company commanded by Capt. Brooks,
He d. Dec. 17, 1833; res. Watertown, Mass.

Nathaniel R., b. May 27, 1782; m. Sally Stone.

Polly (or Martha), b. Feb. 10, 1784; m. Skelton.

James B., b. Mar. 23, 1786; d. bef. 1833.

Francis, b. June 29, 1788. A Francis Whitney whom I have been

unable to place, but probably this one, m. Mary and

resided in Natick, Mass. Their child, Frances, died there Apr.
30, 1819, aged eight months, and was interred in the South
Natick grave yard. Francis' name is not found, however, on
the Natick town or church records or tax lists.
2118. V. Hannah, b. July 5, 1791; m. Mar. 12, 1815, pub. Joseph Frothing-
ham Tafts, b. July 19, 1790. He was a tanner and agent for
various trusts. She d. Aug. 15, 1872. He d. Sept. 17, 1854; res.
Cambridge, Mass. Ch.: James B., b. Jan. 14, 1817; Joseph F,,
b. Nov. 11, 1819; Henry, b. Oct. 5, 1822; George F., b. Oct. 19,
1825; Alfred, b. Aug. 14, 1829.
George C.b. Aug. 18, 1793.
William, b Oct. 20, 1795.
Simon, b. Oct. 30, 1797; m. Mary Walker.
John, b. Oct. 10, 1800.

890. Richard Whitney (Simon, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Water-
town, Mass., Jan. 12, 1782; m. in Amherst, Apr. 23, 1816, Mary Elizabeth Parker,
b. May 20, 1797; d. May 13, 1879.

He was a carriage trimmer and harnessmaker by trade. He d. Nov. 25, 1863;
res. Amherst, Mass.

2123. i. Simon W., b. Nov. 21, 1817; m. Emeline L. Belding, Sarah Ingram

and Samantha Atherton.
Richard S., b. Feb. 13, 1819; m. Amelia Arrington.
Samuel F., b. July 18, 1820; res. Emery St., Springfield, Mass.
Sarah A. M., b. June 25. 1822; d. Oct. 28, 1824.

Elisha p., b. June 19, 1824; m. .

Sarah A. M., b. Oct. 24, 1826; d. Mar. 2, 1861.

Caroline Elizabeth, b. Aug. 2, 1828; m. Simons; d.

June 19, 1863.

895. Charles Whitney (Daniel, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Nov. 16,

1780; m. Sybil Chenery, b. ; d. Feb. 28, 1868. He was a stonemason. He d.

June 9, 1850; res. Watertown, Mass.

2130. ii. Bradshaw S., b. June 4, 1817; m. Nancy Ruggles.

2131. i. Anne Aspinwall, b. June 24, 1812; m. May 17, 1839, Thomas

Learned. He was a farmer, was b. Jan. 12,18)1; d. Aug. 28,
1848; res. 69 E. Main St., Marlboro, Mass. Ch.: Ann Augusta,
b. Nov. 17, 1840; m. June 13, 1888, Loring A. Barnard; res.
69 E. Main St., Marlboro; Eleanor Sargent, b. Oct. 19, 1844; m.
Dec. 23, 1866, Geo. B. Starbird; res. 35, 15th St., Buffalo, N. Y.

902. Daniel Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., July 3, 1763.

He was born in Worcester, Mass., and when quite a young man served in the
Revolutionary war for three months. He suffered severely from exposure, and had
a pension granted him Mar. 4, 1831. He was a farmer, and d. in Oxford, Me., in
1852; res. Oxford, Me.

2132. Leafy, b. ; m. Rich; res. Lawrence, Mass.; res.

Lawrence, Mass.

903. William Clark Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b.
Worcester, Mass., Oct. 19, 1765; m. Mar. 23, 1799, Sophia Fuller, of Hebron, Me., b.

2124.

ii.

2125.

iii.

2126.

iv.

2127.

v.

2128.

vi.

2129.

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Mar. 23, 1779; m. 2d, Dec. 6, 1816, Deborah Patch, of Otisfield, Me., b. July 20, 1787,
•d. Dec. 26, 1873.

William Clark Whitney was born in Worcester, Mass., and with his brother
Daniel, became a proprietor of lands at Paris, Me., by purchase from his father
Joshua. William C. commenced his career four miles through the woods in township
No. 4, now Paris, Me., and clearing up land, after a few years went to Hebron,
where he lived about thirty-seven years. In 1832 he moved to Norway, where he
died in 1859. He was a prominent business man, having filled the offices of justice
<3f the peace, one of the associate justices of the Court of Sessions, representative
to the General Court of Massachusetts, high sheriff of the County of Oxford eight
years, selectman of the town of Hebron 17 years, besides other offices of
honor and trust. He was a live man, in every sense of the word, and never idle. He
was a very capable and successful business man, and amassed one of the largest
estates ever accumulated in that county. He d. Oct. 6, 1859; res. Worcester, Mass.,
Paris, Topsham, Hebron and Norway, Me.

2133. i. Marv C, b. Mar. 7, 1800; d. Aug. 25. 1801.

2134. ii. Harriet, b. Apr. 9, 1801; m. Dr. Solomon P. Cushman, of Bruns-

wick Me., and d. 1843.

2135. iii. Fanny, b. Jan. 6, 1803; m. Stephen Cummings. He d. in Norway,

Me., in 1863; she d. 1842.

2136. iv. Sophia F., b. Oct. 10, 1806; m. William Goddard. of Bethel, Me.,

and Dec. 7, 1843.

2137. v. William C, b. Nov. 21, 1809; d, unm.. Mar. 1861.

2138. vi. Jane F., b. Oct. 25, 1812; m. 1838, James S. Greenleaf ; res. Norway,

He was b. Feb. 5, 1814; d. Dec. 13, 1860; was a carpenter. Ch.:
Chas. F., b. Sept. 20, 1839; m. Euphemia J. Bradbury, Mar. 10,
1864; address, Norway, Me.; Helen, b. Oct. 28, 1841; m. Philo S.
Cherry; address, Red Creek, N. Y.; she was married Nov. 5,
1859; Solomon, b. Jan. 17, 1846; m. Susan Compton, of Gifford,
S. C, Apr. 15, 1871; he d. Nov. 2, 1882, leaving a widow and two
children; Mary J., b. Apr. 25, 1848; address, Norway, Me.; unm.;
Flora, b. Oct. 15, 1850; unm.; address, Sedalia, Mo.; James, b.
Mar. 23, 1853, d. May 20, 1884; unm.

George P., b. Aug. 13, 1819; m. Ermina P. Packard.

Deborah P., b. Mar. 22, 1822; d. May 27, 1822.

Sarah P., b. Mar. 22, 1822; d. Apr. 3, 1822.

Sarah D., b. June 2, 1824; d. July, 1863.

Edwin, b. Sept 8, 1829; d. June 19, 1832.

907. Joshua Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., June 17, 1773. He was born in Worcester, Mass.; was a farmer. In 1826 he
resided in New York State. It is said he died in Quebec; res. m New York State.

2144. i. Isaac, b. .

908. Israel Whitney (Joshua, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Worcester,
Mass., Apr. 6, 1781; m. in Worcester, Feb. 23, 1799, Lucy Mahan; b. Oct. 18, 1780; d.
Dec. 16, 1858. He was born in Worcester, Mass.; was a farmer. His will is dated
Mar. 28, 1854, and proved Mar 4, 18.56. Isaac Davis and Widow Lucy were execu-
tors. He d. Feb. 1, 1856; res. Worcester, Mass.

214.5. i. John, b. Apr. 9, 1820; m. Martha Parks.

2146. ii. Sarah, b. June 13, 1800, m. Daniel Goddard. She d. Aug. 21, 1888;

res. Worcester, Mass. Son Luther D.; res. Worcester.

2147. iii. Nancy, b. Sept. 8, 1802; m. Capt. Bezaleel White. She d. June 8,

1854; res. Worcester, Mass. and Paris, Me. He was captain of
the militia company that escorted Lafayette from Worcester to
Boston in 1824. In 1828 he removed to Maine. He d. June 27,
1874. Ch.: Mary Ann, b. Apr. 30, 1825; d. Sept. 30, 1841; Lucy
Jane, b. June 20, 1827; m. Francis E. Richards; res. Oxford;
Eunice M., b. Aug. 20, 1830; m. Paul Weixler; res. W.; Eliza W..
b. Mar. 7, 1833; d. Mar. 4, 1872; Wttt. B., b. Aug. 28, 1835, was
colonel in the war; res. Quincy, Mass.; Sarah J., b. Oct.. 20, 1837;
d. Aug. 30, 1854; Geo. C, b. Apr. 4, 1843.

2148. iv. Mary, b. May 2, 1805; m. Calvin Flagg of West Boylston, 1834.

She d. Apr. 20, 1868.

2139.

vii.

2140.

vui

2141.

IX,

2142.

x.

2143.

xi.

160 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2149. V. Julia, b. June 30, 1807; m. Jan. 2, 1828, John C. Greenleaf of War-

ner, N. H. She d. Feb. 10, 1887. Son Levi C. Greenleaf. stock
yards, Chicago.

2150. vi. Abigail, b. Jan. 11,1813; m. Jonas Hartshorn. She d. Mar. 23,

1862; res. Worcester.

2151. vii. Almira, b. Feb. 2, 1818; m. Nov. 24, 1836, Loren H. Wrisley of

Norway, Me.; s. p.

2152. viii. Joshua, b. Mar. 30, 1815; m. Sept. 28, 1839, Caroline Pope. He

d. Mar. 2, 1859, s. p.; res. Worcester, Mass.

2153. ix. Eliza, b. Jan. 17, 1822; m. Jan. 28, 1846. David B. Fiske; res.

Framingham, Mass. He was b. Aug. 13, 1820. Ch.: Sarah
Emma. b. Apr. 15, 1848; m. Feb. 11, 1886, Dr. Elisha M. W^hite of
Boston, who d. July 14, 1890; Ella Whitney, b. Aug. 1. 1850. Both
res. in F.

2154. X. Lucy M., b. June 14, 1809; m. 1832. Asa Thayer of Paris, Me. She

d. Jan. 15. 1850.

914. Henry Whitney (Henry, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,
Mass., ; m. at Dummerston, Vt., Fanny Miller; res. Dummerston, Vt.

2155. i. Betsey, b. in 1802; m. Jan. 24, 1821, Noble Holton.

2156. ii. Lydia, b. ; m. Oct. 23, 1828. Jerry Perry.

2167. iii. Fanny, b. ; m. June 15, 1829, Worden Babcock.

2158. iv. Mary, b. ; m. Wm. Rice.

2169. v. Hannah, b. ; m. Plympton.

2160. vi. Maria, b. .

2161. vii. Catherine, b. .

2162. viii. Freedom, b. .

2163. ix. Lucy. b.

2164. X. William, b. .

2165. xi. Henry, b. .

2166. xii. Charles, b. .

920. Israel Whitney (Israel. Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. Watertown,
Mass., Mar. 10, 1775; m. at Needham Jan. 1, 1799, Mary Fuller, b. Oct. 16, 1780; d.
Jan. 18, 1859. He was postmaster for years. He d. July 16, 1846; res. Needham,
IVIrss

2167. i. Permelia, b. Oct. 14, 1799; m. Jan. 24, 1819, Ira Allen, b. July 11,

1797. She d. Apr. 25, 1836. He was proprietor of a line of
teams running between Pawtucket and Providence, R. I. Ch.:
Emily, b. Feb. 23, 1820; Emily. 2d. b. Mar. 14, 1822; m. W^m.
White; Fanny, b. May 8, 1823; William Pitt. b. Jan. 19, 1832; m.
Nov. 3, 1851, Elizabeth J. Pratt, at Pawtucket, R. I. Present
address, 194 Cottage St., Pawtucket, R. I.; his dau. is Emily
F.; res. Boston, Mass.; p. o. box 2177; Mary Frances, b. Mar.
18. 1834; Frances Whitney, b. Mar. 26, 1836.

2168. ii. Mary Richards, b. June 11, 1802; m. Jan. 1, 1866, Henry C.

Snell; res. Medway, Mass. She d. s. p. May 31, 1886.

2169. iii. Ann Frances, b. Apr. 13, 1808; m. Apr. 20, 1826, Lemuel Lyon,

She d. Apr. 9, 1842. He was b. Feb. 2, 1806; d. Yokohama,
Japan, Apr. 6, 1871; was a merchant. Ch.: Israel Whitney, b.
Apr. 27, 1827, 88 Maiden Lane, N. Y.; Sarah Brown, b. Oct. 23,
1828; Ellen Frances, b. May 23, 1831; E. Mary Maria, b. May
22, 1832; Levina Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1835; Lemuel Elisha. b. Oct.
11. 1837; Henrv and Harriet, twins, b. Sept. 1840.

2170. iv. Levina, b. Feb.' 11, 1804; m. Mar. 26, 1844, Stephen Utley; m.

Sept. 26, 1849, Jonathan S. Fuller; m. 3d Nov. 12, 1851, Elisha
Converse, of Palmer. She d. Apr. 21, 1888.

921. Israel Whitney (Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John, John), b. at Beverly,
Nov. 4. 1797; m. there May 10. 1826. Mary Hopkins Flagg; b. July. 1804, in Beverly;
d. in Boston, Aug. 9, 1872.

Israel Whitney, in his early life, was a shipmaster and supercargo in the East
India trade, and sailed in the employ of Col. Israel Thorndike, of Beverly. "Our
older citizens will remember the burning of the ship Beverly at sea. in the year
1827, with Mr. Whitney, supercargo, the thrilling incidents connected with it, his

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 161

heroic efforts to save the burning ship, his coolness and bravery, and his great suffer-
ings from exposure in an open boat at sea for many days." [From the Beverly
Citizen.] This account might have added their capture and imprisonment as pirates,
at Algiers, and Mr. Whitney's journey across the desert to obtain ransom for his
companions. Upon retiring from the sea he became interested in manufacturing,
and was a member of the firm of Stanton, Nichols & Whitney. Afterwards he
became treasurer of the Lowell Manufacturing Corporation, was a director in the
Merchants' bank for thirty years, a director in the National Insurance Company for
thirty years, treasurer of the Cocheco Manufacturing, and one of the leading officers
in the Boston Marine Society. He was also a large buyer of cotton for the factories
which called him to New Orleans, where he resided part of the time to facilitate the
business entrusted to his charge. He was a sagacious business man, his superior
business qualifications made him a wise counselor, and he was called upon to fill
several oftices of trust. " He was one of those men, of whom it may be said, he had
not an enemy in the world, or if he bad, it must have been one so unworthy and per-
verse himself that no man would desire him for a friend." He d. Nov. 12, 1871; res.
Lowell and Boston, Mass.

2171. i. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 25, 1828; m. July 19, 1849, Salem Towne

Lamb; res. High Street, Brookline, Mass.; b. in Charlton, Mass.,
Sept. 19, 1821; d. Apr. 16, 1883. Ch.: Henry Whitney, b. Bos-
ton, Oct. 13, 1853; P. O. address, Lamb & Ritchie, Cambridge-
port, Mass.; res. High Street, Brookline, Mass.; Augusta Towne,
b. Boston, Mar. 8, 1855; P. O. address, High street, Brookline,
Mass.; Elizabeth Whitney, b. Boston, Oct. 18, 1859; m. Arthur
Williams, Jr., Brooklme, June 26, 1888; P. O. address, Brook-
line, Mass.
Israel G., b. Jan. 30, 1831; m. Christiana K. S. Sargent.
George, b. Nov. 1, 1832; m. Mary E. Rea and Elizabeth Whitney.
Eunice, b. Sept. 22, 1834; d. June 15. 1888.
Stanton, b. Sept. 21, 1836; m. Alice R. Sutton.
Fred'k, b. in 1838; d. July, 1840.
Charles, b. Dec. 20, 1840; m. Jessie G. Perkins.
Fred'k, b. June 22, 1843; res. Bos' on.
Frank, b. July 2, 1846; res. Boston.
Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1849; res. Boston.

Edward Farley, b. Apr. 26, 1851; res. Boston; address, 43 State
Street; in banking business; res. 37 Chestnut street.

Michael Whitney (Elisha, Daniel, Benjamin, John John), b. Beverly,
m. Nancy Leech; m. 2d Elizabeth Leech. He d. in 1867; res. Bev-

W^M. Michael, b. June 12, 1820; res. Beverly. Dau. Elizabeth
m. George Whitney.

Elisha, b. ; res. Beverly.

Sarah Ellen, b. ; m. Dr. Charles Haddock; res. Beverly.

935. Rev. Peter Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Sept. 6,
1744; m. Mar. 11, 1768, Julia Lambert, dau. of William, of Reading, b. Apr. 9,1742.

Rev. Peter Whitney, A. M., the son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, was born in Peters-
ham, Mass., Sept. 6. 1744. After attending the schools of his native town he entered
Harvard College, from which institution he was graduated in the class of 1762.
When he entered the university he was only thirteen years and ten months old — an
age much younger than but few have entered since. One of the first acts of the
newly incorporated town of Fitchburg was to note in town meeting, Nov. 26, 1764,
"To have Sabbath days preaching the winter insuing." It was also voted. "To
have preaching in Thomas Cowdin s house," and the committee on preaching were
instructed "to apply to Peter Whitney." among others Accordingly the committee
applied to and secured the Rev. Peter Whitney, who went there and preached in the
tavern of Thomas Cowdin, during the summer and winter. In the year 1766 there
was not any preaching, and the inhabitants of the town were obliged to attend in
Lunenburg. In 1767 application was made to Rev. Peter Whitney, but having
recived a call elsewhere, he declined. He was ordained minister at Northborough,
Mass., Nov. 4, 1767. He was the author of an excellent history of Worcester County
(Worcester, 1793), single sermons and papers in the " Memoirs of the American
Academy." He was a very methodical man, always walking with his wife to meeting,
followed by his ten children, always in the exact order of their age. He was an easy-

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going man, perhaps more absorbed in the political issues of his day than in direct
aggressive work. We give the following as illustrating a state of things which was
once a matter of importance, but which has entirely passed away: A family in
Northboro lost a member, and Dr. Puffer, of Berlin, was invited to officiate at' the
funeral. He complied, whereupon Rev. Peter Whitney, the minister of the town,

wrote that unless the matter was satisfactorily explained,
all ministerial intercourse must cease. This was founded
on the fact that the old parishes had territorial limits, be-
yond which a minister was regarded as an interloper. Dr.
Puffer recognized this claim, but explained his action in
this case in such a way that Mr. Whitney was satisfied,
and amicable relations were restored. The correspondence
is a fine specimen of precise, dignified and courteous com-
position. But what a change I No one would think cf
restricting a protestant family in the choice of a minister
on the sad occasion of a funeral. The following notice of
Mr. Whitney is quoted from the " History of Northborough,"
by his successor, as a just tribute to his memory: "Dis-
tinguished for the urbanity of his manners, easy and
familiar in his intercourse with his people; hospitable to
strangers, and always ready to give a hearty welcome to his

numerous friends; punctual to his engagements; observing

EEv. PETEK WHITNEY. an cxact method in the distribution of his time; having a

time for everything, and doing everything in its time,
without hurry or confusion; conscientious in the discharge of his duties as a Christian
minister; catholic in his principles and in his conduct; always taking an interest in
whatever concerned the prosperity of the town and the interests of religion — he was
for many years the happy minister of a kind and affectionate people." His will
was probated Sept. 28, 1813. Nahum Fay, Esq., of Northboro, was executor, and the
document mentions his wife Julia; daughter Elizabeth; son Maj. Thomas Whitney;
son Rev. Peter Whitney; daughter Julia, m. Capt. Antipas Brigham; daughter Mar-
garet, m. Dr. Josiah Adams; son Capt. William Whitney; son Abel Whitney; son John
Whitney; son Aaron Whitney; daughter Sally, m. Lemuel Bracket. He d. Feb. 19,
1816; res. Northboro, Mass.

2185. i. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 6, 1775; m. in Quincy, Mass., Ebenezer

Adams. She d. s. p. Sept. 26, 1856.
Peter, b. Jan. 19, 1770; m. Jane Lambert Lincoln.
Abel, b. Nov. 3, 1781; m. Susanna White.

Thomas L., b. Dec. 10, 1768; m. Mary Lincoln. He d. June, 1812.
John, b. Sept. 29, 1785; m. Sophia Vinal.
Julia, b. Aug. 25, 1772; m. 1799, Capt. Antipas Brigham. She d.

Nov. 29, 1800.
William, b. Dec. 14, 1776; m. Zilpah Eager.

Julia, b. ; d. in infancy.

Aaron, b. Aug. 17, 1778. Went west.

Sally, b. Nov. 3, 1781; m. Jan. 6, 1806, Lemuel Brackett, of
Quincy. She d. May 3, 1864. He was b. Sept. 8, 1780; d. Feb.
14,1869. Was in real estate business. Ch.: Sally Whitney, b.
Jan. 7, 1808; m. Jeffrey Richardson, of Boston, at Quincv, Sept.
16, 1828; d. Dec. 2, 1837; Samuel Eaton, b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. in
Boston to Carolina S. Callender, June 11, 1834; d. November 3,
1890; Rebecca Richardson, b. Mar. 26, 1809; m. to William
L. Whitney, of Cam., at Quincy, July 28, 1840; d. Dec. 3, 1881;
James, b. Nov. 26, 1810; m. to S. Elizabeth Whitney Jan. 31,
1856; d. Aug. 21, 1827; Julia Lambert, b. June 18. 1812; m. Jef-
frey Richardson, June 27, 1839, at Quincy; d. Mar. 13, 1886;
Nancy, b. Aug. 31, 1813; unm.; living; Jeffrey Richardson, b.
Oct. 27, 1815; m. to Sarah C. Richardson, of Boston, Feb. 24,
1851; d. Oct. 26, 1871; son of Samuel Eaton, Geo. C. Brackett,
227 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y.; dau. of Sally, Mrs. Charles F.
White, 213 Commonwealth Ave., Boston; dau. of Rebecca, Miss
Lucy N. Whitney, 31 Hawthorne St., Cambridge; no children
of James; son of Julia Lambert, Dr. William L. Richardson, 225
Commonwealth Ave., Boston; Nancy, unm. and living; son of
. Jeffrey, Jeffrey R. Brackett, 10 Madison St., W. Baltimore, Md.

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2195. X. . Margaret, b. Feb. 12, 1774; m. Dr. Josiah Adams, of Quincy.
She d. Feb. 3, 1849.

936. Dr. Paul Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Mar. 23,
1753, in Petersham, Mass.; m. Oct. 2, 1763, Charlotte Clapp; b. East Cambridge,
Mass., Jan. 10, 1763. She m. for her 2d husb. Rev. Martin Tullar. She d. Apr. 7,
1833

Dr. Paul Whitney, born March 23, 1753, died Feb., 1795, was the fifth son of
Rev. Aaron Whitney, one of the earliest graduates of Harvard College, who was born
in Littleton, March 14, 1714, and afterward settled in Petersham, Dec, 1738, died
in 1779. He was a clergyman distinguished in his day and generation for piety and
literary attainments, and in common with the clergy of that time took an active part
in the stir»-ing events prior to, and at the time of the breaking out of the American
Revolution, He was supposed to have had an extensive correspondence with the
•descendants of the Whitney family in England, and to have possessed much valu-
able statistical information relating thereto.

Epitaph

While this stone shall last, let it commemorate

Paul Whitney A M & M D

A deacon of the church in this place, who, March 9th 1795 aged 42 departed this

life— a man of an honest & noble heart, and though without office, was capable in

any office, of doing honour to his Country.

Columns and Urns but vainly show
A Scene of decorated woe.
The friend who's faithful and sincere,
Will need no help to force the tear.
Regardless of the labourd verse.
It ffows spontaneous o'er his hearse.
And flow it will, while virtue's friend.
Or kindred souls a tear can lend.
He d. Mar. 9, 1795; res. Westfield, Mass.

Wm. Barron, b. Aug. 30, 1784; d unm. in 1832.
Henry, b. Apr. 18, 1786; m. Nabby Tullar.
George, b. Jan. 12, 1788; rev. to Maine; m., but d. s. p.
Paul, b. Apr. 16, 1789; m. Lucy Cushing Stone.
Charlotte Clapp, b. June 12, 1791; m. at Royalton, Vt., Rev.
Chester Wright. He was b. Hanover, N. H., was a Congrega-
tional minister; d. at Montpelier, Vt., Apr. 16, 1840. She d. June
16, 1859. Ch.: Jonathan Edwards, b. Mar. 15, 1813; m. Fanny
Wyman Houghton, 3 ch.; Charlotte Whitney, b. Mar. 13, 1814;
Julia, b. Jan. 11, 1817; m. at Hardwick, Vt., July 6, 1837. Joseph
Wilder Howes, b. Nov. 5, 1813; d. at Boston, May 13, 1890, s. p.;
res. Montpelier, Vt.; William Wilberforce; Eliza Maria, b. Oct.
8,1819; Mary. All deceased but Mrs. Howes.
2201. vi. Charles Fred'k, b. May 6, 1794; d. infancy.

937. Major Abel Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Moses, Richard, John), b. Peter-
sham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1756; m. Dec. 23, 1783, Clarissa Dwight, b. July 4, 1762; d. at
Northampton Aug. 22, 1820. After his death she was married in 1809 to Calvin
Waldo, Esq., of Dalton.

Mrs. Whitney was an intelligent and lovely woman, faithful to her household,
and a patient, gentle, earnest and careful mother and wife. After the death of her
second husband she resided with her son, Josiah, at whose house, in Northampton, she
died.

From the Dwight Book: " Major Abel Whitney, a merchant of Westfield, Mass.,
born Petersham, Mass., Mar. 15, 1756 (son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, of Littleton, Mass.,
and Alice Baker, of Phillipston, Mass.), grad. Harvard 1773, and studied law with
Col. John Worthington, but abandoned the pursuit of the profession on account of
the troublous times of the Revolution, and entered into mercantile life. He was a
man of more than ordinary talents, and held several government offices, as commis-
•sioner of taxes, postmaster, etc. He was also a Major of militia and aid to Gen.
Sheperd, who was the commanding officer in Springfield in the battle had there in
the Shay's rebellion. He was a decidedly religious man. He m. Dec. 23, 1783,
Clarissa Dwight, of Springfield, b. July 4, 1762, dau. of Josiah Dwight and Elizabeth
Buckminster." He d. Mar. 2, 1807; res. Westfield, Mass.

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2202. i. Elizabeth Buckminster, b. Jan. 4, 1785, unm.; d. at Northamp-

ton, Jan. 31, 1860.

2203. ii. JosiAH DwiGHT, b. July 9, 1786; m. Sarah Williston and Clarissa

To rri pc

2204. iii. Clarissa, b. Mar. 22, 1788, unm; d. Jan. 24, 1871, in North-

ampton.

2205. iv. Franxes, b. Dec. 5. 1789; m. Oct. 8, 1810, Rev. Horatio Waldo, b.

iMar. 5, 1778; d. May 3, 1846. She d. Dec. 26, 1871. He was a
son of Dr. John Waldo and grad. at Williams College in 1804,
was a tutor there 1806-7. Settled in Griswold, Conn., 1810-30,
but on account of poor health resigned and removed to Portage,
N. Y., where he preached occasionally. Ch.: John, b. Aug. 10,
1811; m. Eunice Flint; he d. Dec. 1, 1868; Dwight, b. Nov. 26,
1814; m. Julia Ball and Juliette Hitchcock; Sarah, b. June 7,
1818; m. Elmon D. Smith; Frances, b. June 24, 1820; m. Dr.
Jas. S. Cowdrey; res. Lafayette, Ind.; Harriett, b. May 11, 1822;
m. Wm. S. McNair; Margaret, b. Oct. 28, 1824; m. Dr. Lorin J.
Ames; res. Mt. Morris, N. Y.

2206. V. A Son, b. Aug. 3, 1791; d. same day.

2207. vi. Fran-CIS, b. Oct. 10, 1792, unm.; d. at N. Dec. 30, 1863.

2208. vii. Robert, b. Aug. 18, 1794; m. Margaret Dwight.

2209. viii. Sarah, b. July 8, 1796; m. Sept. 5, 1821, Henry Marsh, b. Feb. 9,

1797; d. June 4, 1852. The grandson of Dr. Perez, grad. Harvard
Coll., 1748. She d. Racine, Wis., Mar. 11, 1883. He grad. Will.
Coll. 1815; res. at Dalton and Pittsfield, Mass., Racine, Wis.,
Sandusky, O., and St. Louis; m. at Northampton, Mass. Was
a lawyer, merchant and manufacturer. Ch.: Henry Lawrence,
b. July 9, 1822; Rev. Dwight Whitney, b. Nov. 5, 1823; Col. Cal-
vin Waldo, b. Apr. 8, 1825; Robert, b. Apr. 25, 1828; d. Dec. 18.
1828; Elizabeth Willard, b. Nov. 28, 1829; d. Apr. 24. 1882;
Clarissa Dwight, b. Feb. 4, 1834; Sarah Williams, b. May 24,
1836; d. May 14, 1841; Charles Francis, b. Oct. 11, 1842; all b. at
Dalton except C. F.,b. at Pittsfield.

2210. ix. Caroline, b. May 10, 1798; d. Aug. 21, 1804.

2211. X. Abel, b. Mar. 15, 1800; m. Pamelia Babcock and Belinda Baxter

Bliss.

2212. xi. Hannah Buckminster, b. Dec. 28, 1802; d. Aug. 12, 1804.

939. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Moses, Mose^. Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Sept. 5, 1746; m. 1772. Hannah Stearnes, b. Nov. 14, 1748; d. Feb. 1, 1784; m. 2d
Sept., 1784. Hannah Willard; b. Oct. 14, 1754; d. Sept. 28, 1812.

He was the fourth son of Rev. Aaron Whitney, of Petersham. His first wife
was dau. of Rev. David Stearnes, of Lunenburg. After his death his widow m. Mar.
16, 1794, Asahel Pomeroy, of Northampton, by whom she had one child, Hannah, b.
Jan. 31, 1795, who m. Robert Edwards. Aaron was a merchant in Northfield, Mass.
He d. Apr., 1790; res. Northfield, Mass.

2213. iii. William Henry, b. Jan. 22, 1779; m. Clarissa Wolcott.

2214. i. Aaron Stearns, b. Aug. 27, 1773; d. Charleston, S. C, Aug. 6,

1796.

2215. ii. Sally Baker, b. Feb. 28, 1775; m. Erastus Barnard; res. Canan-

daigua, N. Y. She d. July 15, 1825. Ch.: Maria Augusta, b.
Nov., 1800; Sally, b. Sept., 1803; Erastus Stearns, b. May, 1805;
d. N. O., La., 18;34; Charles Backus, b. Apr., 1807; Selah Eben-
ezer, b. July, 1809; Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept., 1812; David, b. June,
1815; Manning Goodwin, b. Apr., 1818.

2216. iv. Nahum H., b. Aug. 15, 1781; res. Vt.; unm.

2217. V. David S., b. Dec. 22. 1783; d. young.

2218. vi. Susanna W., b. Sept. 17, 1785; d. Jan., 1786.

2219. vii. Susanna W., b. Dec. 14, 1786; m. Theodore Lyman; 10 ch.; see

Lyman Gen.

2220. viii. David S., b. Aug. 22, 1788; m. Hannah H. Partridge.

2221. ix. Hannah S., b. Mar. 27, 1777; m. Nov. 3, 1798, Oliver Sparhawk,

Esq., of Walpole. He was b. in Walpole, July 16, 1771; d,
July 6, 1824; gr. Dartmouth College, 1793, a lawyer and for
many years clerk of the court. He m. his cousin, Hannah

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 165

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Stearnes Whitney, who d. Aug. 25,1818; m. 2d his cousin, Sept.
5, 1819. Naomi Sparhawk. Ch.: Marietta, b. Aug. 12, 1801; d.

unm. Dec. 9, 1840; Thomas O., b. 16, 1803; a druggist;

res. Greenfield; Julianna, b. Sept. 4, 1804; m. Calvin Carter;
res. Lapeer Co., Mich.; Hannah S.,b. July 22, 1806; res. G.; unm.;
William, b. May 12, 1808; d. June 24, 1834; Lucius H., b. Oct.
11, 1810; d. June, 1813; Sarah Whitney, b. Sept. 15, 1812; m.
Thomas S. Speed; res. Bardstown, Ky.; she d. 1843; 3 ch.;
Rebecca S., b. Oct. 20, 1814; d. Oct. 14, 1833; Sophia Ann, b.
Dec. 4, 1816; d. Elba, Mich.. Oct. 13. 1844.

946. Jacob Whitney (Abraham. Abraham. Moses, Richard, John), b. July 7,
1754; m. in Bolton, Sept. 30, 1779. Esther Walcott, of Bolton; b. Mar. 5, 1761; d. Dec.
18, 1837. He served in the Revolutionary army, in the Bolton company, under Capt.
Sargent. He d. Oct. 24. 1844; res. Stow. Mass.

■ Jacob, b. Oct. 8. 1787; m. Maria Goldsmith.

Levi, b. Nov. 11, 1780; has son Charles in California.

Keziah, b. Nov. 11, 1782; m. Page; res. New Salem, Mass.

josiAH. b. June 11, 1785; d. Aug. 10, 1823.
Jesse, b. Jan. 26. 1790; m. Rebecca Newell.
Abraham, b. Jan. 6. 1794; d. Oct. 16. 1815.
Lydia, b. Aug. 5, 1796.

Isaac, b. Dec. 4, 1798; m. Marcia J. Barclay.

Eunice, b. Nov. 8, 1807; m. Eliakam Hutchings, of Westford.
Mass. Ch.: Whitney, res. Templeton. Mass.; Milo. res. Bille-
rica; Carrie, m. Emery J. Whitney; res. Littleton, Mass.; New-
ton; res. Lowell, Mass.

948. Dea. Isaac Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Stow, Feb. 1, 1749; m. May 12, 1774. Lucy Mead, of Boxboro. He d. Apr. 29, 1815;
res. Stow and Harvard, Mass.

2231. i. Polly or Mary, b. Dec. 13, 1779; m. Cyrus Whitney, s. of Isaiah.

(See.)

2232. ii. Moses, b. Feb. 14, 1782; m. Lucv Gates.

2233. iii. Susan, b. Mar. 26. 1785; m. Apr. 16, 1807, Phineas Conant, of Stow.

He was born in Stow, Mass., in 1783. and resided there until
1827, when he moved to Maine, and in 1836 to Constantia, N. Y.,
where he died July 18, 1842. He was selectman and postmaster
tor years. Ch.: Daniel Gates, b. Jan. 17, 1808; d. young; Jona-
than Newell, b. Aug. 13, 1810; m. Sarah Jewell; res. W. Vienna,
N. Y.; prominent citizen; been postmaster and justice of the
peace for 22 years; Charles, b. July 5, 1812; Andrew, b. May 18,
1814; m. Ann B. Jewell; res. Rock Island, 111.

2234. iv. Asa Willard, b. Apr. 24, 1787; m. Abigail Whitcomb.

2235. V. Clarissa, b. Oct. 28, 1795; d. childhood.

2236. vi. Isaac, b. Apr., 1775; m. Mary Hill and Hannah Haskell.

949. Capt. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Moses, Richard, John),
b. Stow, Jan. 7, 1752; m. Mav 10, 1780, Hitty Ware, b. Aug. 3, 1758; d. Sept. 25, 1793;
m. 2d, Sarah Whitman, b. 1760; d. Mar. 29, 1795; m.-3d, Nov. 13, 1796, Catherine
Wood, b. 1766; d. Apr. 7, 1802; m. 4th, Mrs. Sarah (Conant) Jewell, widow of Ezra
Jewell, b. Dec 4, 1762; d. July 21. 1855.

Capt. Abraham Whitney was a native of Stow, Mass., and resided there until
1805, when he moved to Waterford, Me. At one time he was high sheriff of Mid-
dlesex County. On settling in Maine he erected a grist mill in 1810, and that year
was elected one of the selectmen of W. He was in the Revolutionary army, prob-
ably in the company from Bolton, Apr. 10, 1818; he was granted a pension from
Kennebec Co., Me., when 76 years of age. He d. Waterford, Me., 1814; res. Stow,
Mass.. and Waterford, Me.

Nabby. b. Nov. 12. 1780; m. Mar. 9, 1803, James Williams.

Rhoda, b. Dec. 3. 1782; d. Jan. 4, 1785.

Sally, b. Dec. 10, 1783; m. Bancroft Williams.

Joseph, b. Jan. 16, 1787; d. Dec. 13, 1789.

Lucy. b. July 23, 1790.

John, b. Oct. 14, 1792.

Wetherbee, b. Feb. 12, 1795; d. June 22, 1796.

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2244. viii. Jonathan, b. ; m. Abigail Brooks.

2245. ix. Catherine, b. in Waterford, Me., July 12, 1804; m. 1825, Joseph

M. Thompson, b. 1804, res. Gorham, N. H., prop. Glen House.
She d. 1889. Ch.: Caroline E., m. Joseph R. Lafkin; Abraham
W., m. Frances E. Stevens; Charles M., m. Annette E. East-
man; Geo. F.; Harriett N., m. Stephen H. Cummings.

2246. X. Abraham, b. Sept. 16, 1805; m. Mary A. Hopkins.

2247. xi. Cristopher, b. Dec. 5, 1806; m. Dolly Brooks.

959. Jonas Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, May 3,.
1756; m. Relief Holt.

He was a member of the company commanded by Capt. David Moore, from
Bolton, in the Revolutionary war, and participated in the reoccupation of Rhode
Island, Oct. 25, 1779. On his return home the following year, 1780, he was elected
one of the town committee on correspondence and safety. In 1786 he was elected
selectman. With four others he built the first aqueduct in Harvard, in Nov., 1796,.
laying wood pipes to carry water to his residence from a spring near by. Jonas
Whitney's widow's dower: She is appointed and authorized on oath to appraise all
the real estate whereof Jonas Whitnev, late of Harvard, deceased, left, and to set off
to the widow. Relief Whitney, her thirds, Feb. 4, 1804. He d. Nov. 26, 1803; res. Har-
vard, Mass.

Zebudah, b. Feb. 28, 1782.

Jonas, b. June 10, 1784; d. Norfolk, Va., Sept. 23, 1807.

Nabbv, b. Mar. 25, 1786; d. unm.

R.ACHEL, b. Apr. 17, 1788; m. Russell.

Sally, b. Oct. 26, 1789; m. John Ellis.

Levi, b. Aug. 23, 1793; m. Mary . She d. 1889. He kept

the Commercial Coffee House in Boston, Mass.

2254. vii. Relief, b. Nov. 4, 1799; m. Oct. 31, 1826, Gillum Barnes, b. Mar.

5, 1800; he d. Mar. 11, 1884; she d. Feb. 25, 1870. Ch.: Francis
Gillum, b. Aug. 5, 1829; m. Lydia J. Coombs, Mar. 1, 1854; d. May
31, 1888; George Henry, b. July 8, 1831; m. Georgiannia Hart-
well, Oct. 31, 1855; P. O. address, Brighton, Mass.; Luther
^ Edward, b. Feb. 2, 1834; m. H. Louisa Hale, Jan. 10, 1861; d.
Nov. 21, 1869; Theodore Loring, b. July 5, 1836; d. Apr. 4, 1864;
Mary Metcalf.b. Mar. 25, 1839; m. Horace Blaney, June 28, 1866,
P. O. address, Georgetown, Fla.; Levi Whitnev, b. Feb. 4, 1841;.
m. Laura E. Cook, Dec. 25, 1863; d. Sept. 5, 1869.

2255. viii. Sophronia, b. Sept. 3. 1802; m. John Ellis.

2256. ix. Infant, b. ; d. Aug. 4, 1780.

961. Lieut. Salmon Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,.
Feb. 16, 1760; m. Hepsabeth Raymond, b. 1761. d. Dec. 6, 1850. She made her will
Nov. 10, 1845. It was probated Jan. 7, 1857.

He was born in Harvard, where he always resided, was a farmer, and when the
Revolutionary war broke out he enlisted at once. The first record of his enlistment
that has been found was July 10, 1776, for 8 months' service at Dorchester Heights in
Capt. Sawyer's Co., from Lancaster. In 1777 he was in Capt. Joseph Sergeant's Co.,,
from Princeton, in Col. Steam's Regt., for service in Rhode Island. In 1780 he was
a Lieut, in the company of Capt. Wm. Scott. He was then 20 years of age, and 5
feet 7 inches in height.

On his memorial tablet in the Harvard Cemetery are these lines, which are.
much admired:

"As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness.
I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness."

He d. in 1844; res. Harvard, Mass.

Salmon, b. Jan. 31, 1788; m. Eliza Sumner and Alsa P. Pond.
Ephraim, b. June 12, 1791; Dr. and d. Apr. 1846; res. Cambridge

St., Boston, Mass.
John, b. Sept. 1, 1803; m. Mary A. Jewett.
Justin, b. July 24, 1801; m. Mary C. Cotton.
Nathan, b. Aug. 1, 1793; m. Nancy Farwell.
PERSis,b. Aug. 12, 1796; m. Jan. 2, 1822, Simeon Wetherbee, of

Boxboro; had dau. Caroline R. She d. Nov. 1. 1868, at Boxboro^

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962. Joel Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass.,
Oct. 15, 1762; m. in Rindge, N. H., 1786, Lydia Willard; b. Harvard, Mar. 6, 1786; d.
Jan. 8, 1856, in Sublette, 111.

While in the employ of Rev. Seth Payson at Rindge, N. H., he met his future
wife, who was a member of the minister's family. She was smart, active, intelli-
gent, and unusually neat. She was a devout Christian, and the marriage was a happy
one. Mr. Whitney served in the army during the Revolutionary war in the Massa-
chusetts Continental line, and during the latter part of his life drew a pension from
Nov. 24, 1832. He also served in the war of 1812. Those who knew him say his
word was as good as his bond. He d. Feb. 1, 1842; res. Fitzwilliam, N. H.

2263. i. LvDiA, b. Oct. 21, 1787; m. May 23, 1817, Abial Foster. He was
born in Tewksbury, and enlisted in the Continental army when
but' sixteen years of age and remained in active service until its
close. He was wounded in the leg by a bullet which he carried
through life. During the Revolutionary war he was captured
by the British and taken as a prisoner of war to England. He
was subsequently exchanged and returned to this country. He
drew a pension from the government, and Amos A. Parker, aged
101 years (now 1893), the oldest living college graduate, has a
receipt signed by Abial Foster. She died Sept., 1846, in Fitch-
burg, Mass. He res. in Tewksbury, Mass., and was b. June 25,
1763; d. Jan. 25, 1832. Ch.: Daniel Whitney, b. June 16. 1818; d.
unm., Mav 17, 1844; Julia, b. Sept. 5, l!^20; m. Oct. 12, 1840, Jonas
Brooks of Dublin, N. H.; had 7 ch., and d. Feb. 10, 1890;
Zebuda, b. Dec. 12, 1822; m. Samuel Whitney (see); Willard, b.
. Dec. 18, 1825, n. f. k.
Lemuel, b. July 7, 1789; d. unm. in 1862, Deerfield, Mass.

Joel, b. Feb. 29, 1792; m. .

Jesse, b. Nov. 8, 1794; m.

2264.

ii.

2265.

lii.

2266.

IV.

2267.

V.

2268.

VI.

2269.

vu.

Daniel, b. May 9, 1797; d. in Boston, Mass., 1817.
Grata, b. Mar. 25, 1801; m. Benjamin B. Morse.
Willard, b. Feb. 13, 1804; d. Apr. 7, 1825.

963. Israel Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Jan. 16, 1767, in
Harvard; m. there Mar. 30, 17^8, Susannah Gerrv; b. Harvard, Apr. 10, 176y;d. North
Hero, Vt., Feb. 11, 1848.

He was born in Harvard, Worcester Co., Mass.; worked on his father's farm.
Soon after his marriage he moved to Littleton, Mass., then to Fitzwilliam, N. H.;and
soon after a short residence in Sudbury to North Hero, Vt., where he afterward
resided. He d. Feb. 12, 1842; res. Littleton, Mass.; Fitzwilliam, N. H., and Sudbury
and North Hero, Vt.

2270. i. Israel, b. Littleton, May 31,1790; d. unm., killed by a falling tree,

at North Hero, Vt., in 1816.

2271. ii. Susannah, b. Sept. 24, 1792; m. John Darrow of Alburgh, Vt.; b.

; m. Lucien Clark; res. Dickinson, N. Y.

2272. iii. Betsey, b. July 26, 1794; m. Sept., 1816, Aaron Davis of Bradford,

\t. He was a shoemaker. Ch.: Levi W., b. Julv 1, 1817, North
Hero, Grand Isle Co., Vt.; m. Oct. 12, 1843; res. Pittsford, N. Y.;
Nelson, b. Aug., 1818, North Hero, Vt.; Loren, b. Aug., 1820,
North Hero, Vt. Loren died at Lone Rock, Wis., 1863; do not
know the address of any of his children. (Nelson's, Oconto,
Wis.) There were five of the Hazen children: Harris, Harriet,.
Harvey, Dan, Josephus. Harris, Harriet, Josephus died in Can-
ada; Harvey is in Dickinson, N. Y.; Dan in Burlington, Vt.

Peter, b. Aug. 16, 1799; m. Lucina Fisk and Laura Farr.

Gary, b. ; m. Patty Hazen.

Levi, b. ; d. at North Hero, unm.

LucENA, b. May 10, 1809; m. Sept., 1827; Daniel Hazen of North
Hero. He was b. Mar., 1800; d. Mar. 30, 1828. She m. 2d, Jan.,
1837, Ralph Hazen. She d. Aug. 27, 1867. Ch.: Daniel, b. Aug.
13, 1827; m. Sept. 8, 1852, Laura Ann Kinsley; res. Hiawatha,
Kan.; Cevlon, b. May 9, 18:^; m. July, 1857, Jennette Roach; res.
Rolf, la.;' Ann Augusta, b. Sept. 12, 1840; d. Oct. 12. 1850.

2277. viii. Abigail, b. ; m. Henry H. Hazen of North Hero. Ch.: Sum-
ner L.,b. ; m. ; res. Malone, N. Y.

2278. ix. Sealand, b. Nov. 2, 1799; m. Sybil Landon.

2273.

iv.

2274.

V.

2275.

VI.

2276.

Vll.

2281.

iii.

2282.

IV.

2283.

V.

2284.

vi.

2285.

VII

168 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

965. Levi Whitney (Jonas, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard June 23,
1751; m. Sept. 12, 1772, Sarah Lawrence; d. Oct. 19, 1783; m. 2d, Dec. 25, 1783, Hepsi-
beth Fay, or Westboro, Oct. 1, 1759. At the time of his marriage he resided in Con-
cord. He d. in 1786; res. Concord and Westminster, Mass., Rindge and Marlboro,
N. H.

2279. i. Sarah, b. June 12, 1774.

2280. ii. Lydia, b. May 20, 1776; m. in 1796 Tarrant Cutler. He was b.

Sept. 10, 1770, and d. at Royalston in 1841. Ch.: Sarah, b. Apr.
19, 1798; m. Benj. Heywood; Melinda, b. Mar. 16, 1880; m.
Abijah Richardson; m. 2d Benoni Peck; John, b. Oct. 13, 1802;
m. Elizabeth Jacobs; res. Exeter, Me.; Lysander, General, b.
Feb. 16, 1807; m. Catherine Bassett; res. Milwaukee, Wis.; Lydia,
b. Mar. 27, 1809; Levi,b. Aug.7, 1811; m. PriscillaTibbetts; m.2d
Sarah Hill; m. 3d Ann S. Hogeboom; res. Ghent, N. Y.; Tarrant,
b. Sept. 8, 1813; res. Fitchburg, Mass.; George, b. July 20, 1815; m.
Mary Howe; res. Bangor, Me.; Otis, b. Oct. 17, 1817; res. Port-
land, Me.

Levi, b. May 12, 1778; d. Dec. 1, 1780.

John, b. Aug. 26, 1780.

Betsey, b. Apr. 5, 1783.

Levi, b. Sept. 28, 1784; m. and res. Plymouth, Vt.

Amos, b. 1786; m. Sophia Harris.

967. Judge Lemuel Whitney (Ephraim. Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Petersham, Mass., Oct. 18, 1764; m. there Sept. 6, 1787, Lydia Bryant; b. in 1767; d.
May 27, 1800, in Springfield, Mass.

Hon. Lemuel Whitney was born in Petersham, Mass. He moved to Vermont in
1785, and first resided at Newfane, where he was sheriff of the county and one of the
prominent men in that part of the state. By trade he was a silversmith. In 1790 he
moved to Brattleboro, and at once took a leading part in the affairs of that place.
For ten years he was representative; from 1801 to 1824 clerk of the Supreme Court;
1801 to 1820 clerk of the county; 1817 to 1828 judge of probate; 1790 to 1847 justice of
the peace. He was retentive in memory, frank, tree and fearless in the expression
of his sentiments. He d. Apr. 17, 1847; res. Petersham, Mass., and Brattleboro, Vt.

Samuel, b. May 23, 1791; m. Amelia Hyde.'

Harry, b. P., Sept. 2, 1789.

George, b. .

Lemuel b. .

Susan, b. P., Nov. 22, 1787; m. Ellis, and left 3 children.

Laura, b. 1796; d. in Woodstock, in 1875, unm. She was blind.

969. Samuel Winslow Whitney (Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.

Petersham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1769; m. . He d. in 1852; res. Brattleboro,

Vt., and Malone, N. Y.

2292. i. Edward Winslow, b. in 1801; m. Lavinia Bruce Bemis.

970. John Whitney (Ephraim, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., July 1, 1760; m. Nov. 8, 1787, Hannah Bigelow; b. 1768; d. Aug. 8, 1828.

He was born in Petersham, Mass., and moved to Newfane on a farm. Later he
moved to West Dummerston, where he followed farming and ever after resided. He
d. Oct. 13, 1849; res. Newfane and Dover, Vt.,Coleraine, Mass., and West Dummers-
ton, Vt.

RuFUS, b. Aug. 28, 1793; m. Lois Miller.

Daniel Bigelow, b. Mar. 1802; m. Lucretia Fletcher.

Mary, b. July 7, 1796; d. unm. Oct. 14, 1826.

Sarah, b. .

Arad, b. 1790; m. and left two daus., Mrs. Mary A. Smith and

Louisa; res. Glens Falls, N. Y.
Ephraim, b. Feb. 26, 1805; m. Mary Ann Dennison.
Levi, b. Dec. 18, 1791; d. unm. at Dummerston, Apr., 1861.

Richard, b. .

John, b. Apr. 29, 1800; m. Sarah Wilson, and d. Oct. 12, 1844. Ch.:
Geo. T., b. Nov. 8, 1840; d, in army during the Civil war; Will-
iam G., b. Mar., 1843; d. in army during the Civil war.
2302. X. Hannah, b. Sept. 24, 1798; d. unm. Dec. 23, 1842.

2286.

i.

2287.

11.

2288.

ni.

2289.

iv.

2290.

V.

2291.

vi.

2293.

2294.

ii.

2295.

ill.

2296.

IV.

2297.

v.

2298.

vi.

2299.

Vll.

2300.

Vlll.

2301.

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WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 169

2303. xi. Augustus, b. May 20, 1788. He was m. and left several ch., one

of whom was Richard.

■ 976. Abel Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard, Mass.,
Sept. 19, 1762; m. ; res. Harvard, Mass.

2304. i. Abel, b. in 1786; m. Abigail H. Townsend.

977. Simon Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
June 28, 1766; m. in Petersham, Mar. 20, 1783, Lucy Hammond, of Newton, dau. of
Enoch, b. Petersham, Dec. 24. 1766; d. 1846.

May 20, 1824, Oliver and the widow Lucy, were appointed executors of Simon's
will. In it were mentioned, wife Lucy, sons Oliver, Lewis and John Whitney, daus.
Nancy Whitney and Julia Ann Whitney, son Timothy, daus. Lucy Bryant, Betsey
Bowker, sons Simon and George. He a. Mar. 12, 1826; res. Petersham, Mass.

2305. i. Oliver, b. Aug. 14, 1783; d. unm. in P., Apr. 10, 1866.

2306. ii. Lucy, b. May 17, 1791; m. at Essex, \'t., Amasa Bryant. Shed.

at Essex, Jan. 16, 1876. He was b. Oct. 18, 1791; d, Aug. 12, 1861
res. Essex, \'t.; he was a prominent citizen and farmer. Ch.
Charlotte Eliza, b. July 7, 1825; m. Nov. 1, 1849, Hiram R. Prate
res. Colorado Springs, Col.; Ellen Amelia, b. July 23, 1834; m
Nov. 27, 1856, Enoch Howe; res. Burlington, Vt.

2307. iii. Nancy, b. Apr. 29, 1786; d. Sept. 12, 1786.

2308. iv. Timothy, b. Apr. 2, 1789; m. Lucy Bryant.

2809. V. Betsey, b. Dec. 19, 1793; m. Nov. 10, 1814, John Bowker, b. Mar.
10,1791; d. Jan. 22, 1871. She d. Jan. 17, 1844. Farmer; res.
Petersham, Mass. Ch.: John, b. Aug. 6, 1816; d. Aug. 6, 1815;
Eliza, b. Aug. 27, 1817; m. Apr. 2. 18.38. Wm. Willard Loring;
res. Barre, Mass.; Henry, b. Nov. 8, 1818; m. Apr. 19, 1843,
Sarah Davis; res. Greenfield, Mass.; Laura, b. Sept. 23, 1820; m.
Apr. 27, 1842, Dexter Cheney; res. Athol Center, Mass.; John, b.
July 8, 1822; d. July 17, 1822; Ellen, b. Feb. 14, 1824; m. Feb.
20, 1844, John W. Bryant; res. Orange, Mass.; Mary, b. Nov. 20,
1826; d. Nov. 20, 1825; Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1827; d. Aug. 2, 1832;
Amelia, b. May 31, 1829; d. Jan. 30, 1831; Lucia, b. June 10.
1831; d. Dec. 8, 1837; Mary Frances, b. Mar. 21, 1835; d. Apr. 4,
1838.

2310. vi. Simon, b. Nov. 25, 1795; m. Sarah Holmes.

2311. vii. George, b. Feb. 12, 1800; m. Lucy Kellogg, Mrs. Emeline Tyler,

and Mrs. Caroline Walton.

2312. viii. Lewis, b. June 12, 1803; m. Pamelia V. Day.

2313. ix. John, b. Dec. 11, 1806; m. Harriett F. Bruce.

2314. X. Julia Ann, b. Sept. 6, 1807; m. Sept. 26, 1830. Eleazer Metcalf

Wilson, b. July 25, 1804; d. Dec. 24, 1890, in Pembroke, N. H.
She d. Nov. 4. 1869. Ch.: Helen M.. b. Nov. 8, 1832; res. Pem-
broke, N. H.; Julia F.. b. Nov. 11, 1834; m. Chas. E. Eaton; res.
S. Worthington St.. Boston, Mass.; he d. Oct. 7, 1886; Georgi-
ana, b. Dec. 12, 1836; m. Frank P. Reed; res. Pembroke;
Charles E., b. May 6, 1839; d. May 1868; Catherine S. C, b.
Oct. 3, 1842; m. Frank D. Abbott: res. Concord, N. H.; John M..
b. Dec. 26, 1849; d Dec, 188Ji.

2315. xi. Nancy, b. Apr. 21, 1787; d. unm. Mar. 6, 1846.

2316. xii. Amory, b. Sept. 26, 1797; d. Sept. 12, 1800.

979. Peter Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 20, 1760; m. Mary Blair; d. Mar. 11, 1826. He was a tailor and resided
at Chester, where he conducted his business. Was buried in Huntington. He d.
Mar 6, 1826; res. Chester, Mass.

George, b. May 20, 1806; m. Amanda M. Henry.
Solomon Blair, b. in 1785; m. Mary Dear.

Hezekiah, b. ; res. Huntington, Mass.

Theodore, b. ; m. Manila Ann Avery.

Eliza, b. Sept. 20, 1804; m. Aug. 19, 1828, John Wells Loomis. b.
May 23. 1806. He was a manufacturer of tobacco and cigars;
res. Suffield, Conn. She d. there Mar. 22, 1871.
Laura, b. .

2317.

2318.

2319.

iii.

2320.

iv.

2321.

v.

2322.

vi.

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170 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2323. vii. Nancy, b. Chester; m. at Salisbury, Conn., Elisha Avery; was a

farmer and d. at Montgomery, Mass.

2324. viii. Polly, b. ; m. Francis Harwood; res. Huntington, Mass.

980. Silas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Apr. 29, 1762; m. at Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 4, 1789, Mamre Bradley, b. 1765, d. Apr.
20, 1835.

Silas Whitney was a farmer and followed agricultural pursuits all his life. He
was honest and much respected and beloved by his fellow citizens in Stockbridge.
He d. Apr. 11, 1807; res. Stockbridge. Mass.

2.325. i. Abigail Tarbox Pepoon, b. ■ ; d. unm.

2326. ii. Harriett, b. Feb. 9. 1793; m. at Stock. Elisha Curtis. He was

b. July 15, 1789; d. Aug. 28, 1840; was a merchant. Ch.: William

Brown; res. New Rochelle, N. Y.; Silas Whitney, d. ;

Catherine, d. Dec. 12, 1828, ae. 9; Mary Mamre, d. Apr. 22, 1885,

ae. 61; George Elnathan, d. ; Robert Galpin, d. — ;

Henry Elisha.

2327. iii. George, b. Jan. 6, 1795; m. Parmela F. Fenn.

2328. iv. William, b. ; m. Anna Jones.

2329. V. Cornelia, b. — ; m. Luke Ashburner. He was b. in England.

They had one son, William, who m. Emeline Field, dau. of
Stephen, one of the Field family in Stockbridge. He d. in
California in 1891, s. p. The widow res. at 1014 Pine St., San
Francisco, Cal. "William was appointed by the President of the
U. S. in 1864 as a Stale Commissioner to manage lands.

2330. vi. Mary, b. — ; d. unm.

2331. vii. Charlotte, b. ; m. Hon. James Fowler, of Westfield,

Mass.; his second wife. She d. s. p.

981. Timothy Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., Apr. 22, 1766; m. Lois Baker; b. May 30, 1770; d. Mar. 2,1826; m. 2d Mrs.
Smith.

Timothy Whitney was born in Petersham, Mass., but moved to Lanesborough
early in life. He had all his children by his first wife, Lois Baker. He was a medium
sized man, rather stocky in his old age, bald-headed, blue-eyed, very amiable, and
fond of children, jolly, popular, and respected. He was the chief merchant in Lanes-
borough and postmaster for many years; also Register of Deeds for Berkshire Co.
He was a fine penman, accurate, and methodical. Was a prominent member of the
Congregational church. He d. Feb. 14, 1.541 ; res. Petersham, Otis, and Lanesborough,
Mass.

2332. iii. Richard, b. Aug. 2, 1800; m. Clarissa Tower.

2333. i. Silas, b. ; d. voung; unm.

2334. ii. Sophia, b. Feb. 18," 1796; m. Henry Hubbard. She d. Sept. 9,

1863. He was b. in Sheffield, Mass., May 22, 1783; d. Dec. 25,
1863. He was a leading lawyer there. Ch.: Henry, b. Jan.
21,1816; d. unknown; Douglas S., b. Jan. 21, 1817; d. Sept. 19,
1885; John W., b. Jan. 9, 1819; res. Waterville, N. Y.; Sophia,
b. Apr. 2, 1820; d. Mar. 21, 1826; Elizabeth A., b. May 1, 1822;
m. at Albany, N. Y., in June, 1864, Joseph E. A. Smith, b. Feb.
4,1822. He is the well known historian; res. Pittsfield; Frances,
b. Sept. 9, 1825; d.l825; Fred, b. Nov. 1,1826; d. Jan., 1890. Agnes,
child of Douglas, res. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Harry T., child of Fred,
res. New York City.

2335. iv. Eliza, b. ; m. 1823, Socrates Squier; she d. 1826. Ch.:

George L., only child, b. 1824. He resides in Buffalo, N. Y.;
is president of the Geo. L. Squier Mfg. Co., manufacturers of
sugar, rice, and coffee machinery, agricultural implements, and
mill engines.

2336. V. Adeline, b. ; m.; a dau. is Mrs. J. W. Peck; res. New

Britain, Conn.

982. Dea. Hezekiah Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Oct. 14, 1766; m. Mehitable Haven.

He was a farmer all his life and resided in the east part of Otis, Mass. He
chronicles the following: "One Sunday, July 11, 1819, God visited us with lightning

2337.

i.

2338.

ii.

2339.
2340.

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and thunder and destroyed the south part of the house and preserved our lives in
the north end of the house." The house was struck by lightning while the family was
at prayer one warm Sabbath evening. A curious fact was that every room in the
house was damaged but the one occupied by the family at the time. No one was hurt,
although his daughter, Julia, was struck to the floor, as she stood near a window.
The house is yet standing, I think. He married his wife against the wishes of his
father, but he was soon reconciled. " Mehitable was a very handsome girl and
remarkably smart." He was a very patient, gentle man, was a deacon in the Pres-
byterian church. He d. Oct. 25, 1839; res. Otis, Mass.

Paul, b. June 18, 1793; m. Rebecca Desire Freeman and Mrs.
Harriett (Wheeler) Roberts.

Julia, b. ; m. Jesse Williams; res. Sandisfielo, Mass. A

son, Orville, is a physician. She d. Aug. 6, 1856, in New Boston,
Mass.

Hannah, b. ; m. Isaac Snow; res. Otis.

Mehitable, b. ; m. Galpin. Had 2 sons. Mehit-
able Whitney, daughter of Hezekiah Whitney, was a small,
frail woman, waist measure when a girl less than eighteen
inches; her whole figure well proportioned. Yet this frail, little
woman, once in winter when the deep snow made stout
men wait before braving it, found the supply of fuel almost
gone and her father too ill to go for any. She donned her
lather's coat and trousers, boots and mittens, yoked the oxen,
and with shovel to help clear away the snow, went into the
woods alone, cut down, drew home, and cut for the fire wood
enough to last till her father was well again.

2341. V. Hezekiah, b. ; d. unm. at Buffalo, N. Y.

2342. vi. William, b. ; d. in infancy.

2343. vii. Juliette, b. ; m. John Bowen.

2344. viii. Sally, b. ; m. John Bowen. After her death he m. Juliette.

2345. ix. Lucy, b. ; m. Chatfield.

2546. X. Tabitha, b. ; m. John Bowen.

983. Dr. Jonathan Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Otis,
Mass., Sei-t. 14, 1768; m. Nov. 27, 18U0, Dolly Smith; b. Mar. 17, 1782; d. in Cayuga,
N. Y., in 1846. Her father was a sea captain.

He was l)orn in Otis, Mass., the son of Timothy and Alice (Whitney) Whitney.
With his parents he moved to Petersham, Mass., where he passed his early life and
where he studied medicine. Soon after his majority he started for the west, locating
in Cayuga, N. Y., where he was one of the earliest settlers. He was a physician of
eminence and, with a few others at the beginning of the century, made the eastern
shore of Cayuga Lake famous throughout the state. Dr. Whitney was highly
respected by the entire community. Cayuga bridge was built in 1797. There was
only a log tavern, built by Mr. Hardenburg at Auburn, when he passed through.
Cayuga at that time was the county seat. He first located in Cayuga. After remain-
ing there a few years he sold his rigs and moved to Batavia, N. Y. After a year's
residence there, the physician at Cayuga died and the people sent for him to return,
which he did, and remained there the rest of his life. He d. Julv, 1850; res. Cavuga,
N. Y.

2347. i. William, b. Aug. 15, 1815; m. Elizabeth J. Turner.

2^:^48. ii. Charles H., b. Jan. 25, 1824; m. Elizabeth Lowe. .

2:349.. iii. Edwin H., b. Oct. 7, 1806; m. Jane Horton and Eliza ]. Kvle.

2350. iv. Mary Brainerd, b. Sept. 12, 1801; m. Feb. 15, 1827, Cutler L.
Laflin. He was b. in Southwick, Mass., Oct. 17, 1799; d. at
Westfield, Oct. 2, 1877. She d. there Dec. 25, 1885; res. West-
field, Mass. He was emphatically the architect of his own
fortunes. Honesty, economy, and application tell the story of
his successful career. From a clerkship at Suffield, Conn., he
went to Gorham, Me., and engaged in the powder business.
Later he was in the fur trade in Montreal and Quebec. Dis-
posing of this business, he returned to the States and engaged
m the manufacture of paper at Lee, Mass. The business at
Lee was finally discontinued, when Mr. Laflin opened a commis-
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172 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

New Marlboro, under the name of Laflin, Steavens & Co. This
business was continued for some years, and he finally sold out to
Mr. Steavens, his partner. He then became connected as
special partner in the firm of C. Yale, Jr., & Co., in importation
of silks. This business arrangement ceased somewhere about
184H, at which time he removed to Westfield in order to be near
his father, who still lived in Southwick. In the fall of 1851 Mr.
Laflin purchased the interest of Alexander Jessup in the Woro-
noco Mills for his son, G. L. Laflin, when the well known, suc-
cessful and popular firm of Jessup & Laflin was organized.
Since going to Westfield, Mr. Laflin has never engaged in any
active business. He was also one of the founders of the West-
field Savings Bank, in which he was for along time a prominent
and an active director. In 1864 he withdrew from the Old
Westfield Bank, and in company with Mr. Jessup and his
brother Heman Laflin, now of New Haven, and his son, Geo. L.
Laflin, established the First National Bank of Westfield in the
room now occupied by the Westfield Savings Bank. After a
successful existence of two years the capital stock was increased
from aiOO,000 to $260,000, and the Westfield Bank merged into
it. He was always the largest stockholder of the bank, and as
a director he was something more than a figure-head. He
always, and wisely, too, dictated the policy of the bank, and in
him Mr. Hooker, the trusted and efficient cashier, always found
a sound and reliable adviser. In 1871 the Hon. William G.
Bates resigned the presidency of the bank and Mr. Laflin was
then elected the president, a position which he held up to the
time of his death. Mr. Laflin was also the chairman of the
finance committee of the Westfield Savings Bank, whose interest
he guarded with jealous care. In all his transactions he was a
man of integrity, upright in all his dealings. Occupation of
Cutler Laflin, paper manufacturer; religion of both, Protestant.
Ch.: Geo. Lester, oldest child, b. at Lee, Mar. 8, 1828; m. June
20, 1865, Martha M. Clark of Newark, N. J., at Westfield, Mass.;
res. Westfield; 8 ch., Geo. Lester, b. Oct. 26, 1866; d. Jan. 18,
1867; Geo. Lester, b. Nov. 19, 1867; d. Oct. 21, 1870; Mary
Frances, b. Feb. 4, 1869; Charles Walter, b. June 26, 1870; Ger-
trude, b. Dec. 8, 1872; Cutler, b. Mar. 9, 1874; Jere Horton, b.
Feb. 19, 1876; Catherine Eldredge, b. Mar. 27, 1879. Mary
Frances, 2d child, b. at Lee, Nov. 19, 1829; d. at Westfield,
unm., Aug. 7, 1862; Adelaide, 3d child, b. at Lee, Jan. 11, 1886;
d. at Lee, Mar. 11, 1839. Politics of Cutler, Whig and Repub-
lican.

2361. v. Clarissa Smith, b. Aug. 15, 1804; m. in Cayuga, Dec. 17, 1823,
WMlliam Foote. She d. Dansville, N. Y., 1846. He was b. Dec.
8, 1802; d. June 22, 1877; was a farmer, later a grain dealer.
Ch.: Elizabeth Coe, b. Jan. 16, 1826; m. Sept. 27, 1843, Olney
Bryant Maxwell; res. Oakland, Cal.;2 ch.; Julia Louisa, b. May
18, 1826; m. May, 1846, Henry Kingsbury; d. Feb. 13, 1870. They
had one dau., b. Rochester, N. Y., July 12, 1847. Is now matron
of Wells College, Aurora, N. Y.; Mary Adaline, b. June 3, 1828;
m. 1866, Isaac O. Adams. She d. Chicago, May, 1869, leaving 3
ch., Harry F., Harriett M., and Norman; Harriett Amelia, b.
Aug. 9, 1831; m. Howard Phillips. She d. Chicago, May 26,
1870; 2 ch., Howard M. and Louise H.; Almeda Cornelia, b.
Sept. 30, 1839; d. Jan. 13, 1846.

2352. vi. Fannie, b. Nov. 7, 1812; m. Sept. 2, 1833, Dr. John A. Thompson.
She d. Mar. 2. 1892. He was b. May 30, 1810; d. Feb. 17, 1879;
res. Auburn, N. Y. Ch.: Charles DeWitt, b. Cayuga, July 16,
1834; m. Mary E. Comstock of Chicago. 111., Feb. 17, 1866; d. in
New York, Aug. 3, 1890; Harriet Lettitia, b. Mar. 20, 1842; m.
ValorusSouthworth.June 4, 1872, whod. Sept. 22, 1882; m.2d to
Homer P. Bender, Dec. 27, 1883, who d. Mar. 6, 1889; address
140 E. 48th St., New York; George Edwin, b. May 10, 1844; d.
in New Orleans, Jan. 11, 1879; Mary Frances, b. June 11, 1849;

2856.

i.

2857.

ii.

2.358.

111.

2359.

iv.

2860.

V.

2361.

VI.

2362.

VII.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 178

m. John B. Finn, Jan. 3, 1871; address 118 E. Genesee St.,
Auburn, Cayuga Co., N. Y.
2853. vii. George S., b. Feb. 25, 1810; m. Elcie Kellogg and Mrs. Rhoda
Bond.

2354. viii. Harriett Amelia, b. Aug. 28, 1818; m. Dec. 20, 1855, Hon. Morris

B. Flinn, b. Apr. 27, 1811; d. June 24, 1891, s. p. She res. Rush-
ville, N. Y. He was a hardware merchant.

2355. ix. Ann Maria, b. Aug. 18, 1820; m. Jan. 15, 1850, Lyman Carr; res.

Mt. Morris, N. Y. He was b. Nov. 9, 1816; merchant. Ch.:
Marion \V., b. Oct. 25, 1851; Fannie C, b. Sept. 5, 1856; d. May
31, 1861.

984. Jonas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Oct. 21, 1770; m. in Blandford, Mass., Mary Noble. She d. ae. 77 years. He
was a blacksmith. He d. in 1845; res. Otis, Mass.

Barnabas, b. May 1, 1791; res. N. Y. state.

Harvey, b. July 23, 1795; d. s. p.

Erastus Marvin, b. July 28, 1797; m. Mrs. Mary E. (Jackson)
Davidson.

Mary, b. Feb. 20, 1801; d. in Chester, Mass., and left one dau.

Alice, b. Mar. 21, 1803; d. at Hartford, Conn., leaving one dau.

Silas N., b. Apr. 4, 1805; m. Ann Fay.

Milton, b. Apr. 17, 1807; res. in Iowa.

987. Paul Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Petersham,
Mass., Apr^ 13, 1777; m. at Hinesburg, \'t., Dollie Darwin; m. 2d, St. Albans, \'X.,
1807, Lucinda Marsh, b. Dec. 13, 1786; d. Feb. 3, 1863.

Paul Whitney, born in Petersham, Worcester Co., Mass., was known from early
manhood as a teacher by profession. During the first years of the century while
teaching in Northern Vermont he met and married Miss Dollie Darwin, of Hines-
burg, Vt., daughter of Samuel Darwin, of Rutland, Vt., who was so loyal to King
George, over the sea, and the Tories, his lands were confiscated and he removed to
Hinesburg. She was a person of acknowledged beauty, and to them was born one
son, Samuel D., named for her father. Paul was a twin brother of Barnabas Whit-
ney, also a teacher, and so alike in personal appearance they could exchange places
in the schoolroom without being generally observed by the pupils. Both had fine
faces, blond in complexion, tall and erect in form, with a dignified and graceful
bearing. Paul possessed a poetic nature and gentle disposition, and was in Ma.,
verse and rhyme, in writing epitaphs, and ever ready with some anecdote or
pun, making him a genial companion even in declining years. And though esthetic
in taste, he had an admiring eye for fine horses and was very fond of animals and
pets, and this characteristic is especially marked in this branch of the family. He
spent the greater portion of his life in Dunham Ca., near the Vermont line, where
he removed while still young, and married a second wife. To them were born ten
children, all of whom have died but one daughter, Harriet, Mrs. Leavitt, who still
resides in the Dominion. The names of the sons were Caius, Marcus, Wm. Wallace,
Paul and Barnabas, the youngest. Here he was civil magistrate for more than thirty
years, continuing his profession, teaching in the government schools. He was a
member of the Church of England. He lived to a good age, his mind clear and
active, his body elastic, until prostrated with dropsy of the heart, which continued
for some time and of which he died at 82 years. He was one to make friends every-
where and was always a welcome guest. To know him was to love him. He d. Oct.
30, 1859; res. Bolton Centre, Canada.

Caroline, b. May 28, 1809; m. Simon Blake; res. Tamworth, N,
H.; had ch., Ira, Cyrus and Lucinda.

Caius Cassius, b. Dec. 2, 1810; m. Mary Ann Austin and Abigail
H. Leach.

Marcus T. C.,b. Oct. 25,1812; m. Hannah Maria Lewis and Betsey
W. Hall.

Phebe Porter, b. Feb. 3, 1815; m. John Gushing and Joseph
Bailey and d. s. p. Mar. 16, 1865, in Dover, N. H.

William Wallace, b. Apr. 29,1817; m. Betsey Winter, Mrs.
Perry, and Sarah Maria Eaton.

Samuel D., b. Oct. 18, lb04; m. Clarissa Read.

Lucinda, b. May 5, 1819; d. May 15, 1833.

2363.

i-

2364.

ii.

2365.

iv.

2866.

V.

2367.

vi.

2368.
2369.

vii.
viii

174 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2370. ix. Louisa, b. Oct. 17, 1821; m. David Powell, of Bolton, P. Q. Ch.:

Oscar F. A., Parker P., res. East Bolton, P. Q., and Delia A.;
d. Oct. 27, 1865.

2371. X. Paul, b. Mar. 28, 1824; m. Josephine Stow. They died about

same time. He d. Dec. 27, 1861, and left one dau., Alice.

2372. xi. Harriett Heileman, b. July 7, 1826; m. Aug. 17, 1858, Joel

Leavitt; res. Bolton Centre, P. Q. Ch.: Cynthia Perkins, b. Julv
5, 1859; d. Aug. 30, 1869; Charles Joel,b. July 9, 1860; m. in 1883,
and res. Newport, Vt.; Hiram Paul, b. Jan. 29, 1862; m. July,
1885; res. Bolton Centre; Lucinda Marsh, b. Aug. 11, 1864;
James Lincoln, b. and d. June 21,1867; Elijah, b. Apr. 7, 1869; d.
1876.

2373. xii. Barnabas, b. Aug. 27, 1828; m. Emily Bracey.

988. Barnabas Whitney (Timothy, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 13, 1777; m. Sept. 16, 1804, Harriett Heileman; b. June, 1783; d. Sept. 26,
1849.

He was born in Harvard, Mass., and received an excellent education at the com-
mon and private schools. At an early age he engaged in teaching, which profession
he followed all his life. He was prmcipal of the schools in Blandford, Mass., Berk-
shire, New Haven, Monckton, and Charlotte, Vt., and later taught writing schocjl \n
Boston, where he died. He d. July 27, 1846; res. Blandford and Boston, Mass.

2374. i. Frances Amelia, b. May 29, 1805; m. Dec. 5, 1833, Dr. Lucian

W. Caryl. She d. Feb.' 15, 1883. He was b. Feb. 27, lb06; d.
Apr. 15, 1837. Was a practicing physician. Ch.: Harriett E., b.
Nov. 21, 1834; res. 82 Myrtle St., Boston, Mass

2375. ii. Fred'k H., b. Sept. 25, 1807; m. Abigail B. Bumstead.

2376. iii. Mary Ann, b. Mar. 6, 1812; m. Dec. 25, 1834, Judson Niles

Farrar. She d. Oct. 2, 1890. He was b. Mar. 20, 1808. Was
cashier in a bank. Res. Abingdon, Mass. Ch.: Mary A. "Cox,
b. Sept. 22, 1835; d. Sept. 22, 1857; Lucian W., b. Mar. 24, 1839;
d. Aug. 18, 1859; Judson C, b. Apr. 28, 1841; d. Sept. 23, 1841;
Granville Heileman, b. Sept. 16, 1844; d. Sept. 19, 1847; Nathan-
iel B., b. June 15, 1847; Harriett Amelia, b. Dec. 5, 1854; Gran-
ville Robinson, b. Sept. 9. 18—; d. Apr. 19, 1883.

2377. iv. Harriett Heileman, b. Dec. 9, 1814; m. May 28, 1835, Joseph

Wait. He was son of Marmaduke and Amelia Heileman Wait,
and was b. in Randolph, Yt., Mar. 24, 1806. For many years he
was a merchant in BurHngton, and later engaged in busniess
in New York, residing in Jersey City, where he d. Feb. 22, 1869.
Mrs. Wait, after the death of her husband, moved to Chicago
to reside with her son, Horatio L., where she d. Apr. 10, 1891.
She was a woman of lovely character and beautiful presence.
Ch.: Horatio Loomis, b. Aug. 8, 1836; m. 1860, Clara Conant
Long, res. 4919 Madison Ave., Chicago, 111. He is master in
chancery of the Circuit Court of Cook County, and was b. in
New York City. His father was a merchant in that city. His
grandfather, Alarmaduke, served in the second war with Eng-
land, and his great-grandfather, Joseph Wait, of \'ermont, was
a colonel in the first war, serving under Gen. Ethan Allen.
Horatio was educated at Columbia College grammar school.
Went to Chicago in 1856. Read law with Joseph N. Baker, but
before being admitted to practice the civil war broke out. He
entered the navy and remained there for nine years, joining the
European squadron after peace was declared. Mr. Wait left
the navy in 1870, and the same year was admitted to the bar
and opened an office in Chicago, soon finding a good busi-
ness on his hands. In 1876 he was appointed master in chan-
cery, and since that date has made a specialty of chancery
practice. He ignores politics entirely, attends exclusively to
the study and duties of his profession. A gentleman who
knows Mr. Wait well, thus wrote to the editor of the Bench and
Bar of Chicago : " Mr. H. L. Wait is a polished gentleman, a
scholar of unusual attainments, and a conversationalist of marked
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175

he is well read, of excellent judgment, and of un-impeachable
integrity. He has for some years occupied the position of
master in chancery in Chicago of the Circuit Court of Cook
County, by the appointment of the judges of that court." He is
a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Hyde Park, and
a man of high standing in the community; ch., James Joseph, b.
Mar. 1, 1861. He graduated at the Hyde Park school in 1878,
and entered the N. Y. Nautical School Ship " St. Mary's" the
same year. Made a voyage to Lisbon, Portugal, and Madeira,

HON. HOEATIO L. WAIT.

2378.
2379.

V.

vi.

graduating in 1879, receiving the first medal. Sailed from N. Y.
in 1879, made a voyage to Shanghai, China, and Iloilo, Philip-
pian Islands. On the return voyage the ship was disabled in a
gale by the springing of her rudder head. Put into Cai)e Town,
Africa, for repairs, and returned home in 1880. At present he
is freight contracting agent for the North Chicago Rolling Mills.
Henry Heileman, b. Oct. 27, 1^:69; res. at home; Maria Amelia,
b. Sept. 28, 1843; res. Chicago; unm.; Isabelle Heileman, b. July
20, 1847; res. Chicago; unm.

Katherine, b. Oct. 30, 1809; d. unm. Feb. 4, 1893.

Calista Stuart, b. Nov. 11, 1818; m. in Boston in Apr., 1840,
Andrew J. Loud; d. Aug., 1878. She d. s. p. Nov. 17, 1840, in
Boston. He was a banker.

996. Moses Whitney (Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John),b. Oct. 5, 1775, in

Harvard; m. Patty ; res. Harvard, Mass,

Sally, b. Aug. 17, 1798.

Lucy, b. Sept. 28, 1800.

Elbridge, b. Nov. 23. 1802.

Eliza, b. May 13, 1806.

Marion, b. Dec. 11,1808.

Harriett Whitcomb, b. Sept. 7, 1811.

2380.

2381.

ii.

2382.

iii.

2383.

iv.

2384.

v.

2385.

vi.

2386.

2387.

2388.

iii.

2389.

iv.

2390.

V.

176 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

997. Capt. Aaron Whitney (Aaron, Jonas, Moses, Richard, John), b. Nov. 7,
1777, in Harvard; m. Sally Flagg, of Holden; d. June 9, 1814; m. 2d, 1816, Mrs. Susan
(Hartwell) Fletcher, of Littleton, wid. of Samuel. He d. Mar. 29, 1864; res. Harvard,
Mass.

Laurilla, b. Mar. 27, 1808; m. Head; res. Syracuse, Iowa.

George, b. Dec. 26, 1809; m. Abbie Bemis.

Aaron, b. Dec. 1, 1812.

Sally, b. May 28, 1814; d. .

Nancy, b. May 28, 1814; m. Feb. 22, 1836, Richard H. Whitney,
of Albany, N. Y.

2391. vi. Susan H., b. Oct. 20, 1818; m Oct. 20, 1839, Allen B. Wood. Ch.:

Susan Whittmore, of Fitchburg, Frank A., Aaron, Flora, and
Daniel W.; res. Westminster.

2392. vii. Samuel F., b. Oct, 20, 1821; m. Sarah T. Gardner.

2393. vtii. Sally, b. July 8, 1823.

2394. ix. Daniel, b. Sept. 5, 1825.

2395. X. Abel, b. Nov. 23, 1830; d. Nov. 30, 1840.

1003. Hezekiah Whitney (Elias, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John),b. Stow, May

26, 1761; m. Sarah . His will was probated in 1812; mentions his wife and all

his children. He d. Oct. 14, 1812; res. Stow, Mass.

2396. i. Sarah, b. Aug. 19, 1797.

2397. ii. Mary Ann, b. May 27, 1800; m. Brooks. She d. Sept. 29,

1879.

2398. iii. Hezekiah, b. Aug. 20. 1803.

2399. iv. Almira, b. Feb. 4, 1806.

2400. V. Amos, b. .

2401. vi. Rachel, b. in 1811.

1006. Amos Whitney (Elias, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow, Mass..
m. at Sterling, Patty Wilder; b. June 21, 1784; d. Oct. 5, 1837. He was a farmer; res.
Stow, Mass.

2402. i. Joseph W., b. Feb. 25, 1815; m. and d. s. p. July 16, 1892, in Wal-

tham, Mass.

2403. ii. LucebaC., b. Sept. 6. 1816; m. Silas Newton. She d. Nov. 30,

1865. He was a blacksmith and d. Feb. 19, 1856. Ch.: Joseph
Newton, Marlboro, Mass.; John Newton, Bolton, Mass. ; Henry
Newton, Brockton. Mass., Mary Newton, b. Sept. 1, 1856; m.
Albert Taylor, Mar. 22, 1877; res. Hudson, Mass.

2404. iii. James W., b. Mar. 13. 1818; m. Sultina V. Bartlett.

2405. iv. Jonathan W., b. Nov. 22, 1821; m. at Hubbardston Rebecca

Gay, b. May 19. 1819; d. Nov. 28, 1893, s. p. He is a painter;
res. Lincoln Square, Worcester, Mass.

2406. V. Mary E., b. Jan. 16, 1825; m. Clark Watron.

2407. vi. Martha M., b. May 16, 1823; m. Sept. 20, 1844, William A. Shum-

way, 63 Orange St., Worcester. He was b. Sept. 9, 1813; d. Sept.
9, 1867; was a teamster from Boston to Worcester before rail-
roads; also a farmer. Ch.: Persis E., b. Jan. 20, 1846; m. June
6, 1867; d. Nov. 6, 1874; m. Randolph Walker; Augustus L.. b.
Feb. 8, 1848; d. Sept. 15, 1866; James L., b. Nov. 14, 1850; d. Jan,
5, 1874; Joseph H., b. Mar. 7. 1856; m, July 3, 1883; m. Mar. 29,
1890; Frank A., b. Feb. 8, 1858; m. July 19, 1885; Mattie M., b.
Jan. 9, 1860; m. Sept. 18, 1882, to James H. Ware; res. 63 Orange
St., Worcester, Mass.

1010. Lemuel W^hitney (Lemuel, Lemuel, Moses, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Jan. 25, 1767; m. Dorcas Gates; d. Mar. 7, 1823. He was a farmer. He d,
1825; res. Stow, Mass., Grafton, Vt.. and East Sudbury, Mass.

2408. i. Leonard, b, Feb. 22, 1815; m. Sarah Ayer and Mrs. Betsey

Parker.

Peter, b. ; d. infancy.

Dorcas, b. ; d. infancy.

Peter, b. . 2412. v. Jotham, b. ,

EzEKiEL, b. 2414. vii. Susan, b. .

Betsey, b. . 2416. ix. Jane, b.

2409.

ii.

2410.

Ml.

2411.

IV.

2413.

vi.

2415.

VUl,

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 177

2417. X. Mary, b. . 2418. xi. Elmira, b. .

2419, xii. Lucy Ann, b. . 2420. xiii. Louisa, b. .

2421. xiv. Ann, b.

1018, Ukial Whitney (Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. Shirley, Mass.
Sept. 11, 1757; m. at Gorham, Me., Dec. 16, 1784, Lydia Whitmore, b. Aug, 1, 1764; d
Mar. 6, 1818.

He was b. in Shirley, and at the breaking out of the Revolutionary war enlisted
in Col. Prescott's regiment. The enlistment bears date of Apr. 19, 1775. After
the war he located in Gorham, Me., where he married his wife. In 1798 he pur-
chased land in No. Yarmouth, Me., to which place he removed his family soon after.
He ever after resided there, and was a noted school teacher, being familiarly known
as " Master Whitney," He was held in high esteem as a citizen and as a Christian;
was a member of the Congregational church in Pownal, Me., Rev. Percy Chapin,
pastor. He was granted a pension Apr. 28, 1818. He d. Nov. 10, 1835; res. Gor-
ham, Me.

2422. i. Statira, b. Dec. 24, 1785; d, Dec, 31, 1785.

2423. ii, Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1787; m. Retire Drinkwater; res, Durham, Me.

3 ch. She d. May 2. 1824.

2424. iii. Statira, b. Dec. i, 1789; d, Aug. 11, 1794,

2425. iv, Joel, b. Aug. 7, 1791; lost at sea about 1812.

2426. v. Beulah B., b. June 3, 1793; m. Nov. 2, 1817, Enos Small, b. Nov.

28, 1788; d. Feb. 5, 1881. She d. Apr. 21, 1879. Ch.: William
Lathrop, b. Oct. 29, 1819; m. Clara W. Pierce; d. Feb. 1, 1886;
Sarah L., b. Feb. 17, 1822; m. John A. Andrews; d, Nov. 8, 1854;
Uriel Whitney, b. July 23, 1825; m. Mary E. Gilman; res. 682
Tremont St., Boston, Mass. He graduated at Amherst Col-
lege in the class of 1804, and at Andover Theo. Seminarv in
1858; Mary Scott, b. Mav 4, 1828; d. lune 1, 1879; Beulah. b.
Aug. 18, 1833. She gra'd. Mt. Holyoke Female Sem. 1856;
taught in Marion, Iowa, 5 years; at Rockford, 111., 4 years; now,
and for the last 18 years, a teacher in Boston, Mas?.

2427. vi. Betsey, b. May 27 1795; m. James Mitchell; res. Freeport, Me,

She d. Feb., 1849. Ch.: Ansel L.,b. Dec 1, 1828; res. Falmouth,
Me.; Major W., b. Sept. 13, 1830; John W., b. Nov. 24, 1831;
Statira M., b. Mav 24, 1833; Roxanna, b. Sept. 7, 1834; Eliza-
beth, b, Jan. 17, 1840; Harriett S., b. June 25, 1842.

2428. vii. Sally, b. Dec. 16, 1796; m. Daniel Soule; res. Pownal, Me. She

d. Mav 20, 1827, and he m. her sister.

2429. viii. Harriett, b. Apr, 28, 1798; m. Daniel Soule. Ch.: Mrs. Sarah

W. Clifford, 37 Folsom St., Dorchester, Mass. He d. July 30,
1843; ch.: Elisha B., b. June 18, 1828; d. Dec. 12, 1853; Perez
C, b. Mar. 3, 1830; d. "Mav 15, 1871; Samuel W., b. May 30,

1831; d. ; Daniel, b. Jan. 13, 1834; Clarence, b. Oct. 16,

1835; d. Oct. 16, 1857; Harriet A., b. June 6, 1837; Sarah, b. May
24, 1839; Lewis W., b. Mar. 12, 1841.

2430. ix, Charlotte, b. May 12, 1800; m. Levi'Davis. She d. July 6, 1851;

res. No. Yarmouth, Me. Ch.: Lewis, b. Jan. 5, 1828; Charlotte, b.
Oct. 21, 1831; d. Mar, 22, 1875; Augusta C, b. Oct, 6, 1836; res.
Yarmouth, Me.

2431. X, Statira, b, Apr. 26, 1802; m. Nathaniel Merrill; res, Pownal,

Me, Ch.: Charles H., b. Feb. 16, 1829; Joseph, b. Dec. 21, 1832,
She d. July 21, 1878.

2432. xi, Urial, b. July 4. 1804; m. Mary Hoit.

2433. xii, Lewis, b. Sept. 21, 1806; m. Mary Small.

1022. Amaziah Whitney (Abner, John, Moses, Richard, John), b. prob.
Shirley, Mass.; m. Sarah Boyngton; d., ae. 86. He was in the Revolutionary army
in a company from Worcester Co., under command of Capt, Boutell; res. in Mass.,
Albany and Maryland, N. Y,

2434. i. Amaziah, b. ; m. and had 2 ch.

, 2435. ii. Arathusa, b. July 24, 1804; m., 1824, Decatur Winters, b. 1802.
Ch.: Stephen D., b. Dec, 1826; d. 1852. He was a lawyer and
was admitted to practice the year before he died; Lucinda, b,
1833; d., ae. 3 mos; Amaziah, b, 1831; d,, ae, 6; Maria, b, 1828;

WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2437.

iv.

2438.

V.

2439.

VI.

2440.

vu.

2441.

viii

2446.

i.

2447.

li.

2448.

111.

2449.

iv.

m. David Hatfield; res. Erie, Pa.; Arathusa, m. 2d 1836, Patrick
Lee; ch., John P., b. Feb, 22, 1837; res. Syracuse, N. Y.; Ellen
M., b. Dec. 13, 1839; m. Dec. 19, 1856, John M. Davis; res. Bing-
hampton, N. Y., 23 Walnut St.

2436. iii. Sallie, b. ; m. John Brock. Ch.: William, Ethel, John,

Clinton, Addle and Annie.

Abner, b. Feb. 2, 1801; m. Matilda P. Sherwood.

Polly, b. ; d. unm.

Betsey, b. ; m. Smith, d. s. p.

Caleb B., b. Feb. 16, 1809; m. Adocia Stevens

Marchia, b. ; m. Joseph Witherell. Ch.: Ansel, Sarah

and James.

2442. ix. Nathan, b. : m. Julia AUington. He was a Baptist min-

ister; had 8 ch. Two living, Julia, Mrs Breece; res. Horseheads,
N. Y., and Rose, Mrs. Matthews; res. Ashley, Pa.

2443. X. William E.,b. ; m. Eliza Saxton. He was a physician and

had two ch., Edgar and George ; d. when his ch. were quite young.

2444. xi. Nathaniel R., b. June 15, 1818; m. Charlotte S. Rice.

2445. xii. Lucretia, b. ; m. Everts.

1023. Samuel Whitney (Abner, John. Moses, Richard, John), b. in Me. in
1769; m. in 1780, Hannah Thompson; b. in 1760; d. in 1814. He was in the Revolu-
tionary army, and when 78 years of age was granted a pension. He d. Sept. 26,
1836; res. Falmouth, Readfield and Farrington, Me.

Ephralm, b. Sept. 22, 1799; m. Nancv F. Skinner.

William, b. July 24, 1786; m. Olive Parlin.

Stephen, b. May 4, 1784.

Dorcas, b. Sept. 16, 1794; m. June 23, 1816, Jonathan Brown, res.
W. Freeman, Me. He was b. Sept. 16, 1794; d. July 11, 1870;
he was a school teacher and farmer. Ch.: Adaline, b. Mar. 9,
1817; m. Dec. 25, 1834; d. Mar. 31, 1849; ch., G. W^ Clarke, King-
field, Me., son of Adaline Brown Clark; Mary, b. Ian. 9, 1819;
m. Dec. 17, 1844; d. Aug. 27, 1850; ch., Mrs. G. H. Hamlin,
Phillips, Me., daughter of Mary Brown Sprague; Sarah, b. Jan.
5, 1821; m. Nov. 4, 1845; d. July 10, 1889; ch., G. W. Richards,
Kingfield, Me., son of Sarah Brown Richards; Jefferson, b. Feb.
27, 1823; m. Jan. 18, 1848; d. Dec. 15, 1855; ch., C. C. Brown, No.
• Freeman, Me., son of Jefferson Brown; Hannah T., b. May 13,
1827; m. July 1, 18.53; d. May 16, 1870; ch., Mrs. ^L A. Will,
Strong, Me., daughter of Hannah Brown Buckley; Clarissa .A..,
b. Mav 14, 1829; d. July 23, 1849; Jonathan, Jr., b. Jan. 2, 1833;
d. Feb. 9, 1860; Arietta D., b. Jan. 1, 1839; m. Mar. 4, 1867; d.
Feb. 19, 1869; Lewis, b. Feb. 25, 1825; m. 1st, Feb. 25, 1855;
m. 2d, Mar. 21, 1867, P. O., West Freeman, Me.

Samuel, b. Oct. 16, 1782.

Barzelia, b. Aug. 8. 1788.

Polly, b. June 11, 1792.

Sally, b May 30, 1797; m. Mayo.

Greenleaf, b. Sept. 9, 18n3.

1028. Lieut. Daniel Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Dec. 11, 1749, in Stow; m. Dec. 10, 1778, Sarah Durarit, of Bedford. His will was pro-
bated in 1806 and alj his children were then living. He d. Sept. 28, 1805; res. Stow,
Mass.

Asa, b. June 22, 1779; m. Sally Brooks.

Thomas, b. Sept. 22, 1781; d. Nov. 4, 1803.

Anna, b. Apr. 22, 1783; m. Jan. 14, 1802, Samuel Foster, of Billerica.
Ch.: Dudley, b.

Daniel, b. Apr. 19, 1785; m. Sarah Marble.

Sally, b. June 13, 1787; d. Nov. 6, 1803.

John, b. May 28, 1789; m. Harriett Tower.

Artemas, b. Apr. 22, 1791.

Joseph, b. June 30, 1793; m. Susan Whitney.

Manning, b. Sept. 8, 1795; m. Brooks.

Richard, b. Apr. 18, 1798; m. Eunice Cogswell.

2450.

v.

2451.

VI.

2452.

vn.

2453.

vin

2454.

ix.

2455.

i.

2466.

n.

2457.

iii.

2468.

iv.

2459.

V.

2460.

VI.

2461.

vii.

2462.

Vlll

2463.

IX.

2464.

x.

2472.
2473.

2474.

i.

ii.
iii.

2475.
2476.

liii
iv.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 179

2465. xi. Lucy, b. Aug. 26, 1801 ; m. Brooks. Ch. : William, b. ;

res. Franconia, N. H.
1029. John Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Nov. 24, 1747; m. Feb. 3, 1778, Mary Farnsworth, ot Groton. He d. bef. July
1782; res. Stow, and Lincoln, Mass.

2466. i. Polly, b. Oct. 8, 1778.

2467. ii. Jonathan, b. June 16, 1780.

2468. iii. Sarah, b. July 28, 1782 (posthumus).

1032. Ephraim Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Sept. 29, 1755; m. Dec. 7, 1780, Sarah Burgess, of Harvard. He was in the
Revolutionary war in Capt. Longley's company from Bolton. He d. Nov. 17, 1784;
res. Stow and Ashburnham, Mass.

2469. i. Ephraim, b. ; d. Apr. 13, 1781.

2470. ii. Rachel, b. Apr. 10, 1783.

2471. iii. Dolly, b. Jan. 10, 1785.

1033. Silas Whitney (Daniel, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Feb. 26, 1758; m. (int.) Sept. 3, 1780, Patience Goodnow, of Stow. She d. in
Charlestown, Tvlass., Feb., 1842.

He was born in Stow, where he resided until soon after his marriage, when he
moved to Ashby, Mass.. where several of his children were born. He afterward
moved to Boston, Mass., and was noted for his great strength. During the Revolu-
tionary war he served in one of the companies from Stow. He d. Charlestown, Mass.,
1838; res. Stow, Ashby, Boston and Charlestown, Mass.

John, b. Nov. 22, 1782; m. "Susannah Vilas.
Silas, b. Jan. 26. 1781; m. Abigail M. Shedd.

SrSAN, b. July 1, 1792; m. Joseph Whitney, of Boston, son of
Daniel, and her own cousin. She d. in Boston, in 1884, ae. 92.

James, b. .

Samuel, b. ; he d. s. p. in 1826. He resided in Charlestown,

Mass., where he was a merchant. If he was married, she died
before his decease. He was a member of the firm of Whitney
& Hyde, general dealers.

2477. V. Ephraim, b. ; m. Eunice .

2478. vi. DoLLY,b. Apr. 1, 1797; m. Nov. 20, 1814, William Beals, Sr. He
was b. Dec. 16, 1785; d. Dec. 8, 1870; res. Boston, Mass. Ch.:
Frances A., m. George Baker; Maria A., d.; m. Sumner Flagg;
Elizabeth B, m. Isaac Kendall; William, m. Nancie W. Mar-
chant, and after her d. Sophie B. Mauvan; res. 125 Newbury St.;
James H., m. .-Xttnie M. W. Reed; Harriet M., m. Geo. W. Tux-
bury; Louisa A., m. John Wetherbee; Emily C, m. Edward C.
Mitchell; John W., m. \'irginia Simmons; Joshua G., m. Edith
Simmons. All the children reside in Boston, with the exception
of Mrs. Baker, who res. at 78 East 55th St., New York; Mrs.
Wetherbee at "The Warren," Roxbury, and Sumner Flagg at
Brookline, Mass. Death of William Beals, Esq.: "After a long
and useful life, this well-known gentleman passed to the eternal
world this morning. He was the senior proprietor of the Boston
Post, with which he had been connected forty years. It was
here that he made an independent fortune by strict attention to
every detail that came under his charge. He was universally
and justly esteemed as one of the most honorable, straightfor-
ward business men in the community. His word was always as
good as his bond; what he said no power on earth could induce
him to gainsay. He was honest to the last nick in every per-
sonal obligation. As prosperity came to him, others shared it,
and his neighbors will bear ample testimony that his charities
were liberal. He was the last man to make any display of benevo-
lence. No poor and worthy printer ever made application to him
for assistance without getting relief. It was often said of him
that he was a 'true man.' In his domestic relations Mr. Beals
was very happy. He was married 56 years. He had ten chil-
dren and forty grandchildren. He was an active member of
the Baptist church, a regular attendant at the Old South prayer

180 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

meetings, and often took charge of them. He has left a name
of which all connected with him have reason to be highly satis-
fied. The deceased will be remembered by the older genera-
tion as one of the publishers of the Commercial Gazette, for
many years before he became identified with the Boston Post.
He was a publisher when Benjamin Russell and Joseph T.
Buckingham were leaders of the Boston press. Mr. Bucking-
ham in his 'Reminiscences of the Boston press,' says he was one
of the ablest financiers ever connected with the American press.
He was an active and industrious man, and the financial success
of the journals with which he was identified was due to his
ability and careful management of the business department.
Everybody knew him, but few knew his real worth. It is not
too much to say that he possessed a kind and genial heart. By
sound judgment, fair dealing, scrupulous honesty, he achieved
success and left an ample fortune for his own and his partner's
family."

2479. vii. Betsey, b. ; m. Bates.

- 2480. viii. Polly, b. ; m. Gault.

1038. Jacob Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b Harvard,
Mass., Mar. 24, 1748; m. May 25, 1772, Lois Hapgood; m. 2d, June 29, 1794, Mary
Patch of Littleton, b. 1751; d. Dec. 27, 1833.

He was in the company of Capt. Jonathan Davis in Col. Asa Whitcomb's regi-
ment Oct. 6, 1775, in the Revolutionary army. Part of the companies in this regi-
ment were ordered to reinforce Col. Prescott in the battle of Bunker Hill, June 17,
He made his will Nov. 8, 1815. It was probated Oct. 18, 1825. Son Elias was exec-
utor. He d. July 11, 1825, in W.; res. Harvard and Winchendon, Mass.

Hannah, b. Dec. 14, 1772; m. Carpenter.

Mary, b. Oct. 16, 1776; m. Keyes.

LoiS, b. Aug. 1, 1779; m. Dec. 13, 1802, Daniel Ward, b. June 21,
17!<1; d. Mar. 8, 1856; was a farmer. She d. Apr. 6, 1853. Ch.:
Daniel, b. Sept. 10, 1805; d. Jan. 27, 1864; Josiah Wilder, b.
May 18, 1807; d. June 18, 1831; Caroline, b. Nov. 5, 1809; d.
Aug. 26, 1812; Calvin Thomson, b. Nov. 24, 1812; d. June 19,
1867; Emery Whitney, b. Oct. 4, 1815; d. Apr. 6, 1833; Charles
Kendall, b. July 7, 1819; present address Denver, Colo., 358
Lincoln Ave.; Adaline Nancy, b. Dec. 11, 1822; d. Aug. 30, 1856.

2484, iv. Nancy, b. Aug. 8, 1785; m. Ward. A son is John Ward;

res. Pavilion Center, N. Y.
Jacob, b. Oct., 1776.
Eli, b. May 17, 1783.

Emory, b. Oct. 1, 1791; m. Lydia Locke and Thankful G. Morey.
Silas, b.

2481.

2482.
2483.

iii.

2485.

V.

2486.

vi.

2487.

vii.

2488.

viii.

2489.

ix.

2490.

X.

2491.

xi.

2491 J^

j.xii.

Elias, b. June 16, 1797; m. Fannie Demary.
Sarah, b. Oct. 27, 1794; d. July 26, 1797.
Martha Ann, b. May 22, 1812; d. young.
Mary Percy, b. July 25, 1814; d. young.
Emery W. Whitney, of Sturges, Mich., and Mrs. Seneca Whitney Upton, of
Keene, N. H., are descendants of Jacob Whitney.

1039. Richard Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Harvard, Feb. 2, 1752; m. Dec. 15, 1772, Mercy Willard.

He was born in Harvard where he always resided. April 19, 1775, he was in
Capt. Fairbanks company from Harvard in the provincial regiment of foot of alarm
men in Col. Whitcomb's regiment which marched to Cambridge. In July, 1777, he
was in the reinforcements sent from Harvard to assist Gen. Benj. Lincoln who was
then harassing the rear of the invading army. During 1777 he served in the com-
panies of Capt. Hezekiah Whitney and Capt. Hills from Harvard. In Aug. and
Sept., 1778, he was in Capt. Sawyer's company that took part in the operations in
Rhode Island. In 1799 and 1800 he was selectman; res Harvard, Mass.

Betsey Willard, b. June 5, 1774.

Polly, b. Mar. 26, 1777.

Levi, b. Apr. 16, 1781; m. Sarah .

Polly, b. Apr. 15, 1789.

2492.

i.

2493.

ii.

2494.

111.

2495.

iv.

2496.

2497.

ii.

2498.

Ill

2499.

T'

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 181

1041. Reuben Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, 21, 1758; m. Lucy Fairbank; b. Mar. 24, 1764.

He was born in Harvard and worked on his father's farm. When but eighteen
years of age he enlisted in the Revolutionary army in the company of Capt. Sarg-
ent of Princeton, and regiment commanded by Col. Stearns of Lunenburg. This was
assigned to a special brigade which was raised to repulse the advance of Sir Henry
Clinton in Rhode Island. He was selectman in 1801, 1804 and 1805; res. Harvard,
Alass

Lucy, b. Jan. 24, 1782.

Reuben, b. Aug. 11, 1783; m. Milley Pollard.

Mercy Fairbank, b. July 25, 1786.

ZiMRi, b. May 29, 1795.

1042. James Whitney (Richard, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard
May 29, 1760; m. May 27, 1783, Rachel Lawton, b. Dec. 7, 1760; d. Apr. 14, 1803; m.
2d, Oct. 20, 1803, Lucy Reed; m. 3d, Dec. 8, 1811, Susan Whitney, b. in 1785; d. Sept.
19, 1848. He was selectman in 1808-9.

James Whitney's widow's dower, late of Harvard, asks for her dower; name of
•wife Susan, Mar. 13, 1817. James Whitney's real estate, late of Harvard; Richard
Whitney, Jr., asks for a settlement Feb. 9, 1819. Richard Whitney, Jr., Amos Batch-
eller, Rachel Batcheller, John Whitney, Isaac Whitney, guar, for Lucy Whitney Jef-
ferson, Mary and Hiram sign, saying they are satisfied, Feb. 27, 18l9. He d. Feb.,
1817; res. Harvard, Mass.

2500. i. Richard, b. Mar. 30, 1784; m. Sally Turner.

2501. ii. Jeremiah Lawton, b. Aug. 13, 1788. He was a clockmaker and

res. in Shirley. His estate was settled in 1815. Richard, Jr., of
Harvard, was admr. At the auction sale of his effects his
brother John bought his watch.

2502. iii. Rachel, b. July 21, 1791; m. Dec. 15, 1812, Amos Batchelor, of

Boxboro.
John, b. July 20, 1796.
Lucy, b. July 23, 1804.
Jefferson, b. Apr. 26, 1806.
Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1809.
Hiram, b. Mar. 11, 1815; m. Martha Ann Whitney.

1045. Josiah Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Feb. 25, 1753; m. in Harvard, Jan. 10, 1776, Anna Scollav, bap. Apr. 18, 1756;
d. Nelson, N. H., Mar. 8, 1824.

Josiah Whitney, son of Gen. Josiah Whitney, was born in Harvard, Mass., where
he resided until shortly after the Revolutionary war, when he moved to Nelson, N.
H., where he ever after resided and conducted an extensive farm. " Josiah Whitney,
Jr., was a private in the Minute Men from Harvard, Mass., at the Lexington alarm,
April 19, 1775. Also private in Capt. Manassah Sawyer's companv, Col. Dike's regi-
ment, Massachusetts Militia, 1776, at Dorchester Heights." He d. Jan. 2, 1827; res.
Harvard, Mass., and Nelson, N. H.

2507. i. Nancy, b. Apr. 12, 1777; m. Nathaniel Breed, of Nelson. He d.

Oct. 10, 1837, at Alstead, N. H. She d. Mar. 23, 1859. Ch.:
Whitney, b. Apr. 27, 1810; m. Oct. 26, 1837; Persis B. Hatch, res.
Alstead Center, N. H.

2508. ii. Sally, b. June 26, 1778; m. June 15, 1802, Capt. Pius Upton Bur-

nap. She d. Feb. 26, 1846. He was b. in Reading, Mass., Feb,
5, 1775; d. Aug. 11, 1827; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.: John, b. Apr.
4, 1803; d. May 13, 1803; Upton, b. June 20, 1804; m. Harriet
Batchelder, and d. Aug. 13, 1854; Josiah, b. Aug. 26, 1805; m.
Miranda Adams; d. 1892; Eli, b. Feb. 15, 1807; d. Jan. 22, 1837;
Polly, b. Sept. 20, 1808; d. May 1, 1811; Nancv, b. May 13, 1810;
m. Sept. 30, 1828, Asa Taft, and d. Feb. 22, 1887; a dau., Nancy
Marietta Taft, res. Keene, N. H.; Mary, b. June 26, 1812; m.
Mar. 5, 1840, Reuel Nims, and d. Mar. 24, 1869; Lura, b. Apr. 3,
1814; m. Nov. 14,1837, Maynard Wilson; James, b. Sept. 6, 1816;
m. Oct. 17, 1840, Mary Gilman; George, b. July 15, 1818; m.
Susan M. Sherwin, Mary F. Reynolds and Charlotte Harris
Atwood; Laura, b. Oct. 13, 1819; d. Aug. 28, 1822; Lorin, b. Oct.
13, 1819; d. Sept. 11, 1822.

2503.

iv.

2504.

V.

2505.

vi.

2505)4

.Vll.

2506.

VllI

182 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2509. iii. Lois, b. Mar. 15, 1781; m. Ezra Wardwell. They res. Nelson, N.

H. He d. in Sullivan, N. H., June 3, 1845; she d. there Jan. 16,
1859. Ch.: Lois, b. Apr. 1. 1801; d. July 20, 1880; Ichabod
Nichols, b. Dec. 6, 1802; d. Mar., 1859; Ezekiel, b. Aug. 18, 1804;
m. Mary Gate; d. abt. 1840; Phebe, b. Aug. 1, 1806; d. in infancy,
no date; Lucy, b. May 30, 1808; d. Apr. 27, 1859; Emily, b. Apr.
8, 1810; d. May 3, 1811; Ezra, b. Mar. 17, 1812; d. Sept. 24, 1850;
Harriet, b. June 11, 1314; d. 1874; Hersey, b. Feb. 4, 1817; m.
Sarah M. Emerson, and d. Aug. 1, 1871; a ciau. m. Charles Stay,
and res. Greenfield, Mass.; Granville, b. Dec. 9, 1819; d. June
24, 1858. The children of Lois Whitney and Ezra Wardwell
. are all dead; for further information in regard to their descend-
ants reference is given as follows: Those of Lcrts Wardwell,
to J. R. Beal, Keene, N. H.; of I. N. Wardwell, to Mrs. Albert
G. Nims, Keene, N. H.; of Lucy, to W. H. Buckminster, Keene
N. H.; of Ezra, to Granville Wardwell, Winchester, N. H.; of
Harriet, to Mrs. J. N. Nims, Sullivan, N. H.; of Granville, to
Mrs. Mary L. Campbell, Great Falls, Mont.

2510. iv. Stephen, b, July 1, 1784; m. Mary A. Burgess.

2511. V. Lucy, b. ; m. June 4, 1811, Asa Lawrence, b. Aug. 21, 1795;

d. Oct. 8, 1862. Shed. Jan. 16, 1829; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.:
Laura, b. Oct. 28. 1812; m. Sept. 1831, Geo. W. Towns, and d.
Mar. 5, 1858; Lara, b. Mar. 6, 1815; d. July 29, 1818; Justus, b.
Feb. 19, 1817; m. Nov. 4, 1852, Caroline E. Trust, of Derby, Vt.;
he d. Dec. 21, 1872; Loren Woodbury, b. May 3, 1819; d. Sept.
29, 1865, at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands; Lara, b. Apr. 15, 1822;
d. Apr. 4, 1825; Josiah Whitney, b. June 6, 1827; d. June 22, 1832.

2512. vi. Josiah, b. Feb. 24, 17^2; m. Sarah Ernes.

2513. vii. James, b. Dec. 26, 1789; m. Anna Goss.

2514. viii. Lydia, b. July 6, 1795; m. 1818, Henry Melville, b. ; d.

. She d. Jan. 8, 1864; res. Nelson, N. H. Ch.: Sarah

Minot, b. Oct. 5, 1818; m. Dr. Leonard French; d. in Ashby,
Mass., Sept 11, 1849, leaving son Leonard Melville French, b.

July 26, 1849, who m. Blood, and res. in Manchester, N. H.;

Josiah Henrv, b. Dec. 18, 1820; m. Nancy Rebecca Nesmith,
Oct. 15, 1857; d. Mar. 19, 1885, in Nelson, N. H.; 3 ch., (1)
Henry, b. Aug. 25, 1858.

Mr. Melville, for four years last past secretary of the Repub-
lican Club of the city of New York, and of the Harvard Law
School Association, and now one of the non-commissioned offi-
cers of Company " B " Seventh Regiment, was graduated at
Dartmouth in 1879, and in 1884 took the Master's Degree and
LL. B., cum laude, at Harvard. He prepared for college at the
Rev. Dr. Leach's school at Keene, N. H.

At Dartmouth he was a member of a well known local soci-
ety, the Kappa Kappa Kappa, one of the oldest and best in the
institution, and, on the completion of his course, was a com.-
mencement debater with the Hon. Hiram D. L'pton, late speak-
er of the N. H. House of Representatives on the question, " Is
Suffrage a Birthright?"

After spending two years as principal of the high school at
Winchendon, Mass., he entered Harvard, where he remained
three years, and was honored by being appointed by the faculty
to represent the law school, at the university commencement
in 1884, with an oration on the subject of " National Regulation
of Inter-State Commerce."

Coming from there to New York, he entered the office of
James C. Carter, the distinguished leader of the local bar, and
was admitted to practice in June, 1885. In December of that
year he formed a business association with Senator Roscoe
Conkling, which continued till the latter's death in 1888. Later
he became a member of a partnership with Hon. Daniel Dough-
erty and William A. Sweetser (assistant corporation counsel),
and also was one of the editorial writers in an edition of
" Smith's Leading Cases."

HENRY MELVILLE.

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184 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

He has at all times taken an active interest in public affairs
and in the Presidential campaign of 1888 made upward of
thirty speeches for Harrison. As a National Guardsman he
engages enthusiastically in rifle practice, and has gained some
distinction by his shooting in competitions as a member of his
company's team.

He is a member of the Harvard Club, Republican Club, Bar
Association, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, and Sons of the Revolu-
tion. Apropos of the latter, it is interesting to note that on less
than eight of his ancestors fought for American independence,
viz.: Josiah Melville, Josiah Melville, Jr., Capt. Jonas Minot,
James Nesmith, Reuben Gregg, Sergeant Adam Dickey, Gener-
al Josiah Whitney and Josiah Whitney, Jr. The two Melvilles,
two Whitneys and Minot were at Concord, the elder Whitney
and Nesmith at Bunker Hill, and Dickey and Gregg at Ben-
nington.

Mr. Melville stands well' among his contemporaries at the
New York bar, and reflects credit upon Dartmouth, his alma
mater.

(2) Arthur Nesmith, b. Aug. 10, 1861; d. Jan. 13, 1883; (3) Car-
oline Lydia, b. Oct. 10, 1865; d. Aug. 15, 1885, in Nelson, N. H.;
Caroline Lydia, b. Jan. 17, 1822; m. Francis W. Wright, of Ash-
by, Mass.; d. in Ashby, Mass., Jan. 4, 1864; buried in Nelson,
N. H.; 2 ch., (1) Henry Melville, d. young; (2) Dascomb Francis;
(4) Ann Maria, Ij. Apr. 9, 1825; m. Dr. Leonard French (2d wife), d.
Jan. 6, 1864; one child, Henry Minot, b. Apr. 1, 1853; Dr. Leon-
ard d. in Manchester, N. H., Feb., 1892; (5) Lucy Eveline, b. Dec.
12, 1828; d. Feb. 5, 1832,in Nelson, N. H ; (6) Mary Jane, b. Nov.
17, 1832; m. Rev. Samuel H. Tolman; d. Aug. 31, 1875; buried
in Nelson, N. H.; ch., Mary Melville, b. June 9, 1858; Edward
Howe, b. Apr. 30, 1860; d. Mar. 14, 1877.

2515. ix. ScoLLAY, b. Oct. 6, 1798; m. ; d. Lynn, Mass.

2516. X. Betsey, b. June 4, 1801; m. Dec. 31, 1822, Capt. Asa Spaulding,

res. Nelson. He was b. May 14, 1796. Ch.: Sylvester, m. Sarah
Searles, of Townsend, Mass.; res. Keene, N. H.; Alfred, m.
C. Ann Bromley, of Danby, Vt. She d. Mar. 7, 1869.

1047. Stephen Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Har-
vard, Mass., May 1, 1757; m. Feb. 6, 1783, Persis Locke; b. 1757; d. June 25, 1806, in
Deerfield.

He was born in Harvard, and resided in Roxbury, N. H. He sensed in the Revo-
lutionary war, and participated in the battle of Bennington, in 1777; was in the com-
pany from Harvard, commanded by Capt. Hezekiah Whitney. From 1798 to 1808,
he kept an inn at Bloody Brook, in Deerfield, Mass., near the site of the Indian mas-
sacre of 1675. In 1809 he resided in Sterling. He d. in Lynn, Mass.; res. Shutes-
bury, Deerfield and Lynn, Mass.

2517.
2518.
2519.

Polly, b. Mar. 2, 1783; m. Benjamin Marsh, of Deerfield.
i. Stephen, b. June 6, 1785; d. Julv 20, 1786.

ii. Betsey, b. Sept. 8, 1787; m. lS08, Abraham Sanderson, Jr., b
Aug. 2, 1781; d.l821; m.2d Lucius Graham; b. ; d

m. 3d Ebenezer Saxton; b. ; d. . She d. 1840. Ch.

Perises, b. Oct. 30, 1809; m. Ansel C. Delano; she d. Sept. 1838
Clarissa, b. May 31, 1812; m. Henry Church; res. Ohio; Try-
phena, b. Nov. 2, 1814; m. Alson Cole, d. s. p. 1850; Dwight
Whitney, b. Mar. 1, 1817; m. 1850, Harriett N. Grover; res. Sun-
derland; Tryphosa Elvira, b. Feb. 10, 1820; m. Ephraim H.
Curtiss; res. Newton; Lucius (Graham), b. Mar. 7, 1824; m.
Minerva Kingsbury; 3 ch.; res. Conway.

2520. iv. Cynthia, b. Apr. 14, 1790; m. Jan. 1, 1814, Jonathan Currier, of

Concord, N. H. Ch.: Wm. Jackson, b. Feb. 21, 1815; graduated
Andover and Amherst, M. D.; m. Susan B. Spalding; Chas. W.,
b. Mar. 9, 1817; studied medicine and went to Texas; Simon
Pender, b. Aug. 19, 1822; m. Elizabeth Wakeman; res. Milwau-
kee ^^is.

2521. v. CLARissA.b. May 27, 1793; d. unm. at L., Mar. 20, 1811.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 185

2522. vi. Susan, b. June 9, 1795; m. Aug. 8, 1816, Richard Richards. He
d. Dec. 19, 1851; res. Lynn, Mass. Ch.: Lydia M., b. Apr. 29,
1817^ m. 1832, Albert T. Goodwin; res. Lynn; Jos. W., b. May 25,
1820; m. Jan. 22, 1821; Bridget H., b. Apr. 26, 1825; m. 1839,
Amos W. Fisher.

2528. vii. Stephen, b. Aug. 6, 1797; d. at D., Aug. 24, 1803.

2524. viii. Elvira, b. Mar. 2, 1804; m. William Watts, of L.

1053. Capt. Lemuel Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b.
Sept. 19, 1784; m. Dec. 4, 1804, Elizabeth Hall; b. Feb. 6, 1788; d. Apr. 30, 1852.

Capt. Lemuel Whitney was the son of Gen. Josiah, and was born in Harvard,
Mass. He was eleven years of age when his father moved from Harvard to Ashby.
He was captain in the militia, and an officer for six years. He was fatally injured
by falling from a load of hay, and died within a few days. He made his will July 6,
and it was probated Sept. 6, 1853. He d. July 9, 1853; res. Ashburnham, Mass.

2525. i. Henry H., b. June 11, 1805; m. Caroline F. Bailey.

2526. ii. Dwell, b. Sept. 10, 1807; m. Emily Derby, and Mrs. Rebecca

(Gilson) Crouch.

2527. iii. Otis, b. Nov. 14, 1809; m. Hannah Parker.

2528. iv. Betsey, b. Mar. 18, 1812; m. Feb. 2, 1832, Josiah Derby, b. July 4,

1805, d. Apr. 4, 1876; farmer; res. Leominster, Mass. Ch.: Sarah
E., b. May 23, 1833; d. June 13, 1844; Mary A., b. Sept. 28, 1834;
m. Dec. 19, 1860, Wm. Flint; he d. in the army; she m. 2d fona

E. Goodwin; she d. Sept. 7, 1887; Jane E., b. July 9, 1836; m.
Feb. 25, 1869, John W.Whitney, and live at 36 Burnap street,
Fitchburg, Mass.; Emily A., b. Jan. 14, 1838; m. July 29, 1860,
George L. Fuller, of Shirley; she d. July 7, 1867; left one dau.,
Nellie M.; Euranie, b. Apr 30, 1839; m. June 2, 1859, Boardman

F. Warren, of West Townsend, Mass.; they live there now;
Josiah, b. Nov. 20, 1840; d. June 17, 1844; Franklin G., b. June
10, 1842; d. July 20, 1842; Julia R., b. May 26. 1843; m. Nov. 21,
1866, Joseph N. Day, of Lancaster; live in Leominster, Mass.;
has one son, Melvin J., b. Nov. 6, 1870; Joseph H., b. Oct. 21,
1844; d. May 26, 1866; Harriet E., b. July 31, 1846; m. Mar. 23,
1875, Lafayette W. Pierce, Esq., of Winchendon; live in
Gainesville, Ga.; Sarah A., b. Sept. 6, 1848; m. Oct. 10, 1874,
Lewis Morse, of St. Albans, Vt.; live in Townsend, Mass.;
Francena E., b. Oct. 3, 1850.

2529. v. Lemuel, b. Aug. 9, 1818; m. Almira G. Pollard.

2530. vi. Nancy, b. June 23, 1822; res. Ashby,

1054. Daniel Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Oct. 25
1786; m. Mar. 10, 1808, Hannah Shedd, of Waltham, Mass.

Daniel Whitney was born in Mass. He was a master mason builder, and
moved with his family from Boston, Mass., in 1825, on a sloop with all his worldly
goods and family, consisting of ten children. It took a week to make the trip. He
resided in New York City, and died at the age of 82. He made all the arrange-
ments for his funeral one year before he died — chose eight pall bearers from among
his most intimate friends of long standing. He had a presentiment one year before
he died that he would die that year. There are many elegant residences standing
now that he erected. He was very active after the great fire of 1835. He. d. Apr.
18, 1869; res. Waltham and Boston, Mass., and New York City, N. Y.

Daniel J., b. Feb. 11, 1809; d. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 10, 1850.
Hannah Maria, b. Oct. 10, 1810; d. unm. Dec. 25, 1859.
George, b. Oct. 30, 1812; d. at sea.
Josiah M., b. Jan. 19, 1814; m. Mary Jane Ayers.
Edward Oliver, b. Dec. 24, 1816; m. Eliza Lawrence.
Lucy Jane, b. Dec. 16. 1818; m. Oct. 19, 1854, George B. Revere,
b. Jan. 26, 1823; d. Dec. 11, 1882. She d. Jan. 11, 1861. Ch.:
Susanna W., b. Apr. 23, 1857; res. 572 No. Carey St., Brockton,
Mass.; Paul, b. Feb. 20, 1860; m. and res. W. Bridgewater, Mass.
This was Mr. Revere's second marriage. By his first wife he
had two ch. After Lucy Jane's death he m. 3d, Oct. 4, 1868
Arabella Groves in Yarmouth, Me.; ch., Jennie Belle, b. Aug. 2
1869; d. Sept. 8, 1870.
13

2531.

2532.

2533.

iii.

2534.

IV.

2535.

v.

2536.

VI.

186 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2537. vii. Susanna, b. Feb. 24, 1821; res. 68 Bank St., New York Citv.

2538. viii. Benjamin Shurtliff, b. Nov. 6, 1822; d. Aug. 6, 1850.

2539. ix. Abigail, b. Nov. 21, 1824; m. Theodore Crowell; res. Dillsburg,.

Pa. Ch.: Whitney, b. ; res. Arlington, N. J.

2540. X. William Minott, b. Jan. 2, 1827; m. Amelia Cook.

2541. xi. Warren Webster, b. Mar. 12, 1829; m. Jenny A. Bard.

2542. xii. Sarah Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1881; d. Aug. 14, 1832.

1056. Moses Gill Whitney (Josiah, Richard, Richard, Richard, John), b. Feb.
4, 1791; m. Ann Shields; res. Bennington, Vt.

2543. iii. Josiah, b. ; m. Sarah Dickenson.

2544. i. Lewis, b. ; m. . He d. in Greenfield, Mass., leaving

two ch. The widow and son went west and d. there. The
other child was a dau.

2545. ii. Royal, b. ; m. . He m. twice and d. in Bennington,

Vt., leaving a dau.

2546. iv. Moses Gill, b. Apr. 30, 1821; m. Nov. 28, 1844, Charlotte W.

Farnsworth, b. Dec. 6, 1820. He d. s. p. Jan. 26, 1852; res.
Chicopee, Mass.

2547. V, Dau, b. ; d. infancy.

1059. Joshua Whitney (Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard,.
Feb. 18, 1764; m. in Sterling, Mass., 1783, Vashti Knight, b. 1759. His widow peti-
tions the court for her third of the estate Oct. 20, 1812. She d. Sterling, Oct., 1832.
He d. July, 1812; res. Gardner, Mass.

Oliver, b. Apr. 28, 1784; m. Rebecca Nichols.

Joshua, b. Feb. 9, 1786; d. Feb. 16, 1792.

Dorcas, b. Jan. 14, 1798; m. Edmond Nichols. Ch.: Joel and
Betsey. They res. Gardner, Mass.

Dolly, b. Mar. 28, 1790; d. May 9, 1791.

Joseph, b. Mar. 24, 1792; m. Nancy Sawin.

Dolly, b. Sept. 27, 1793; m. Asa Holden.

Joshua, b. Mar. 24, 1795; d. May 2, 1795.

John, b. Apr. 21, 1796; m. Rachel Osgood.

Joel, b. Apr. 13, 1798; d. Mar. 15, 1801.

Ebenezer, b. Aug. 1, 1800; d. bef. 1812.

Silas, b. Nov. 11, 1804; d. bef. 1812.

Mary, b. Dec. 20, 1807; m. John Sawyer.

1065. Jonathan Whitney (Caleb, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Sept.
18, 1768; m. Lucy Wheeler, b. June 6, 1771. She d. Sterling, Mass., Jan, 2, 1856. He
made his will Apr. 13, 1835, and it was probated May 1, 1847. He d. Feb. 18, 1847;
res. Sterling, Mass.

2560. i. Lucy, b. May 11, 1794; m. Sept. 2, 1813, Calvin Wheeler, b. Aug.

4, 1788; d. Jan. 2, 1860. She d. Apr. 11, 1871. Ch.: Mary Hap-
good, b. Apr. 22, 1814; d. Aug. 14, 1842; Jonathan Whitney, b.
Nov. 7, 1816; m. Aug. 15, 1850; d. July 22, 1889; Levi, b. May
22, 1819; m. Apr.. 1844; d. Nov. 12, 1883; Betsey, b. Nov. 4,.
1821; d. Aug. 31, 1825; Lucy. b. Oct. 30, 1826; d. May 18, 1837;
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1830; m. Feb. 4, 1851, D. F. Messinger; res.
29 Myrtle St.. Worcester, Mass.; Lydia Ann, b. Oct. 31, 1831; d.
May 10, 1837; George Gay, b. Oct. 7, 1835; d. Oct. 14, 1844;
Charles, b. July 1, 1838; res. Lake Forest, 111.

2.561 ii. Priscilla, b. Jan. 9, 1797; m. in 1816, Leonard Mason, b. Jan. 25,
1789; d. Feb. 7, 1863. She d. Apr. 6, 1879. Ch.: Mary, b. Dec.
28, 1817; m. May 17, 1837, Amos E. Kendall; res. E. Princeton,
Mass.; Betsey M., b. Jan. 26, 1820; m. May, 1843, Lysander B.
Barnes. She d. Oct. 31, 1863; Joel W., b. Oct. 30, 1821; m. May

5, 1847, Mary E. Thomas. He d. July 5, 1894. He was b. in
East Princeton. At his death he was senior member of the firm
of J. W. Mason & Co., chair and furniture manufacturers in
New York City and at Hunter. His character was firm and
commanding, but with a keen sense of the humorous — at all
times ready to see and appreciate a joke, and always ready
with a pleasantry. He looked on the bright side of life, was

2648.

i.

2649.

11.

2550.

111.

2561.

iv.

2552.

v.

2553.

VI.

2554.

VII,

2556.

Vlll.

2556.

IX.

2567.

x.

2658.

xi.

2559.

xn.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 187

never discouraged, but bravely met and,overcame all obstacles-
Meanness of any description excited his contempt, and honesty
and integrity were his constant precept and practice. He was
born to command, and was only satisfied when command de-
volved upon him. It may be recollected by some that while
Hon. Chester A. Arthur was President of the United States he
visited Hunter as the guest of Col. Mason. He held many posi-
tions of honor at various times; Fanny, b. Sept. 30, 1823; m.
Nov. 23, 1842, Peter M. Keyes; res. E. Princeton; Silas, b. Apr.
6, 1826; m. Clementina Ballou and Maria Wheeler; res. Heart-
wellville, Vt.; Jonathan W., b. July 20, 1827; d. Aug. 26, 1827;
Jonas B., b. j;uly 15, 1828; d. July 30, 1832; Marshall, b. May 25,
1830; m. twice; Mar. 15, 1854, Lucena M. Janes, and Apr. 8,
1863, Elizabeth P. Safford; res. St. Albans, Vt.; Louisa E., b.
Jan. 31, 1832; d. Mar. 23, 1832; Hezekiah W., b. June 12, 1833;
m. May 7, 1854, Phcebe A. Hunt; res. Baldwinsville, Mass.

2562. iii. Betsey, b. ; m. —Church; res. Templeton, Mass.

2563. iv. Caleb, b. .

2564. V. Jonathan, b. July, 1802; m. Lucy Spaulding, and Lorena French.

2565. vi. Joel, b. ; m. Seraph W. Sawyer.

2566. vii. Hezekiah, b, ; m. Eliza I. . He d. s. p., Fitchburg,

Mass., Feb. 3, 1876.

2567. viii. Joseph, b. Sterling, Nov. 22, 1810; m. .

1075. Wetherbee Whitney (Simon, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, Johnj.b. Har-
vard, Mass., May 3, 1746; m. there July 7, 1774, Abigail Warner; b. Feb. 7, 1746. He was
a farmer. His will was probated Aug. 28, 1776. He d. Oct. 14, 1775; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2568. i. Artemas, b. June 8, 1775; d. Mar. 1, 1777. The wid. m. 2d, Sept.

12, 1778, Nicholas Patterson; res. Harvard. He was b. Mar. 22,
1740. ^s'icholas took up land at Otter Creek, Vt. His family
remained in H. While living there in a hut he d. in 1790. Ch.
by Abigail: Abigail, b. July 22, 1779; d. infancv; Abigail Willard,
b. June 13, 1780; d. June 23, 1813; Artemas, b. Apr. 7, 1781;
Lucinda, b. Feb. 25, 1783; d. 1832; Anna Willard, b. Mar. 5, 1785;
Alexander, b. May 15, 1787; d. unm. at sea.

1086. Simon Whitney (Simon, Jonathan, Richard, Richard, John), b. Harvard.
Mar. 17, 1770; m. there May 22, 1792, Polly Welch; d. 1840. He was a licensed store
keeper in Harvard from 1792-7. Simon Whitney's will, late of Harvard, wife Mary.
Gives to widow of brother Reubin Meeds and her three children. The residue
between brother Judah Whitney's children, sister Sarah Taylor's children, sister
Patience Willard's children, sister Hannah Priest's children, sister Amy Draper's
children, brother Reubin Meeds' children; Thomas Welch Bolton, exec, Nov. 17,
1818. Mary Whitney's will, of Harvard. Gives to Mary, wife of Wm. Lock, of New-
ton; Mary, dau. of brother Thom. Welch. Gives to Mary Ann and Sophia, daus. of
brother Silas Welch ; brother Thomas Welch, of Leominster, Orange and Silas Welch,
children of Silas Welch; Thomas Welch, exec, Sept. 5, 1822, 1st Tues., July, 1840.
He d. 1818, s. p.; res. Harvard, Mass.

1091. Corp. Phinehas W^hitney (Jonathan, Jonathan, Richard, Richard. John),
b. Harvard, July 3, 1747; m. Oct. 31, 1765, Keziah Farnsworth. She d. June 26, 1827, at
Norway, Me.

He was in the Revolutionary war from Harvard, Mass. First served in Capt.
Joseph Moore's company, from Groton, in Col. Wm. Prescott's regiment, enlisting
when the war broke out. From Feb. 5, 1777, to Jan. 28, 1780, he was corporal in Capt.
Benj. Brown's company in Col. Michael Jackson's regiment. In 1781 he re-enlisted
for three years. At this time, 1781, his age, is given at 23, which is incorrect. He
was 5 feet 11 inches tall, dark complexion, and by occupation a farmer. He was at
the battle of Bunker Hill in the rear of the breastworks, against which the British
troops were advancing. He had just put the last charge in his gun when a British
officer mounted the works and cried out " Rush on, the fort is ours." Whitney shot
the officer and clubbing his musket escaped, though badly wounded. When he was
75 years of age he was obliged to have one of his limbs amputated on account of the
wound. April 11, 1818, he was given a pension by the U. S. government for Revo-

188 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

lutionary services. The town clerk at Norway, Me., writes as follows: According to the
Norway town history, Phinehas Whitney lived in that part of Norway known as the
" Waterford Three Tiers," and was said to be a Revolutionary soldier, and in the battle
of Bunker Hill. I am unable to learn anything of his family, although the history
speaks of his having one son. He d. May 21, 1830, of old age; res. Harvard, Mass.,
and " Waterford Three Tiers," Norway, Me.

2569. i. Mary, b. May 15, 1766, at Harvard.

1108. Ebenezer Whitney (Zachariah, Ebenezer. Richard, John),b. Mansfield,
Conn., ^iay 28, 1762; m. in Uxbridge, Mass., Dec. 18, 1786, Rachel Perne Rawson, of
Uxbridge; b. Mendon, Apr. 3, 1764; d. Montague, Mass., Nov. 15, 1819; m. 2d, Feb.
24, 1821, Lavinia Burnham Potter; b. Jan. 25, 1788; d. Nov. 30, 1866.

He was born in Mansfield, Conn . , in 1762, on a farm, where he resided until three
years of age when he moved with his parents to Montague, Mass., where he lived
until about his majority, on attaining which he went to Worcester and enlisted as a
private m the Continental army in the company commanded by Capt Joshua Pierce
in Col. Bigelow's regiment, in which he served from Sept. 14, 1777, until Dec. 31, 1779.
In 1780, according to the army books, he was a private in Col. Bigelow's regiment.
In 1786, after the war was over, he was married in Uxbridge and returned to Mon-
tague, where he ever after resided, except for a short when he lived in Conway,
Mass. He received a pension from the government which began Apr. 9, 1818; at that
time it was stated he was of the Massachusetts continental line. He followed agri-
cultural pursuits all his life after the war. He was given a pension by the govern-
ment May 6, 1818, when 70 years of age. He d. Mar. 31, 1855; res. Conway and Mon-
tague, Mass.

• Asa R., b. Jan. 31, 1803; d. unm. at Montague, 1871.

Isaac, b. Jan. 22, 1788; m. Laura Montague.

Emory, b. Oct. 6, 1794; m. Rosanna Selleck.

Otis, b. Feb. 1, 1790; m. Thirza Glazier.

Appollus, b. Dec. 2, 1791; m. Charlotte Hamilton.

Ebenezer, b. June 29, 1799; m. Dianna Hildreth.

Sophia, b. Dec. 13, 1796; m. Ira Benjamin. She d. Mar. 19, 1850.

Joseph M., b. Jan. 11, 1824; m. Mary Hunt.

1119. Ezekiel Whitney (Ezekiel, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard, John), b. Plain-
field, Conn., May 15, 1758; m. at Stamford, Nov. 17, 1788, Phebe Hoyt, of Stamford.
He was in the Revolutionary war and bore the character of an excellent pious man
and was beloved, esteemed and respected by all. He d. Apr. 25, 1835; res. Stam-
ford, Conn, and Waterford, N. Y.

2578. i. Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1785; m. at W. May 23, 1801, Daniel McGiver;

res. W. He d. there Feb. 23, 1827, ae. 52. She d. Mar. 7, 1872.
He was in the war of 1812.
Ezekiel Hoyt, b. Apr. 16, 1788; m. Elizabeth Ostrander.
Phebe, b. Mar. 19, 1794; d. Sept. 9, 1795.
Lucy, b. Oct. 7, 1797; m. Foster King. She d. Dec. 22, 1868.
Abigail, b. Oct. 7, 1797; d. May 30, 1802.

1123a. Sergt. Ebenezer Whitney (Ebenezer, Ezekiel, Ebenezer, Richard,
John), b. Worcester, Mass., in 1759; m. there Martha Gates, b. Apr. 1760: d. Sept. 18,
1847, He was in the Revolutionary war for six and one-half years, first serving in a
Worcester company. He d. June 17, 1836; res. Worcester, Mass.

2581a. 1. Ebenezer, b. May 23, 1788; m. Annis Kingsbury.

2582a. ii. Betsey, b. 2584a. i v. Ann, b.

2583a. iii. Polly, b. 2585a. v. Patty, b.

All d. in Worcester, Mass.

1125. Enoch Whitney (David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John;, b. Harvard,

Mass., Sept. 25, 1756; m. Hannah . He was in the Revolutionary war in the

company from Harvard commanded by Capt. Sargent; res. Harvard, Mass.

2582. i. Sally, b. Feb. 21, 1780; m. Nov. 1, 1808, at Harvard, Elijah

Dwinell.

2583. ii. William, b. Feb. 27, 1786; m. Betsey Farnsworth.

2584. iii. Lydia, b. July 27, 1792.

1126. Isaac Whitney (David, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Nov. 27,
1761, in Harvard; m. Mar. 22, 1785, Susannah Fletcher; res. Harvard, Ashburnham
and Ashby, Mass., 1786.

2570.

2571.

11.

2572.

111.

257;3.

IV.

2574.

v.

2575.

VI.

2576.

Vll.

2577.

Vlll.

2578.

ii.

2579.

111.

2580.

IV.

2581.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 189

2585. i. Isaac, b. Jan. 18, 1787; m. 1809, Sally Broughton; res. Ashburn-

ham and Ashby, Mass.

2586. ii. DAViD.b. Mar. 14,1789. 2589. v, Polly, b. Feb. 3, 1796.

2587. iii. Susannah, b. Mar, 14, 2f.90. vi. Nabby, b. Mar. 12, 1798.

1791. 2591. vii. Samuel, b. July 2. 1807.

2588. iv, BETSEV,b. Oct. 30, 1792.

2592. viii, Zimri, b. June 17, 1809; d. 1879. He m. 1834, Nancy Lawrence.

He d.feh de se\ res. Ashby, Mass.

2593. ix. David, b. Mar. 1, 1809; m. Charlotte Blanchard.

1128. Joseph Whitney (Joseph, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Shutes-
bury or Shelburne, Mass., Feb. 28, 1748; m. Dec. 15, 1771, Abigail Barnard; b. Jan. 5,
1751; d. Dec. 27,1813.

He was probably born in Shelburne, where he was married and was a farmer.
During the Revolutionary war he served in one of the companies from Shelburne,
and his name is found on the Revolutionary records in the State House of Boston.
His farm was located one mile north of the old center. He and his wife were both
interred in one grave. They were admitted to the church by letter in 1778, probably
from Shutesbury. He d. Dec. 29, 1813; res. Shelburne, Mass.

2594. i. Moses, b. Sept. 24, 1772; m. Lydia Allen.

2595. ii, LuciNDA,b. Jan. 18, 1776; m. July 3, 1794, Joseph Merrill; res. Shel-

burne. He was a cutlery manufacturer and kept a store in S. in
1801. She d. Jan. 24, 1858. He d. Sept. 29, 1844.

2596. iii. Hannah, b. July 20, 1788; m. July 14, 1793, Igal Fellows. He d.

May 28, 1849. Was b. July 14, 1783; res. Shelburne. She d.
Apr. 11, 1859.

2597. iv. Abigail, b. Feb. 13, 1786; m. Oct. 2, 1808, Rev. Amariah Chan-

dler. He was m. three times, this being his first wife. Rev. Dr.
Amariah Chandler was born Oct. 27, 1782, in Deerfield, Mass.
He graduated at college in Burlington, Vt.; was ordained at
Waitsfield, Vt., in 1810, and preached later at Hardwick, Vt.,
and Greenfield, Mass. His wife died at the latter place Jan.
19, 1833; ae. 47. He d Oct. 20, 1864. Ch.: Henry Satterlee
Lewis, b. Aug. 20, 1809; m. Merietta Joslyn; Clarissa Naomi, b.
Jan. 25, 1811; m. Geo. F. Kidder; Moses Eliphalet, b. May 15,
1818; dau. res. Allegan, Mich.,d. Nov. 26, 1857; Joseph Whitney, b.
June 20, 1815; m. Adaline Goodnow; Abigail Barnard, b. May 1,
1818; m. Wm. Lyman; Lydia Cerentha, b. Jan. 23, 1822; m.
Joseph C. Prentiss; Amariah, b. Apr. 4, 1824; d. Aug. 10, 1834;
Susan Barron Jubilee, b. July 4, 1826; m. Elisha G. Arms.

Joseph, b. Apr. 4, 1781 ; d. June 11, 1787.

Abigail, b. May 19, 1783; d. Aug. 3, 1786.

Lidia, b. Feb. 21, 1778; d. Aug. 31, 1852.

Betsey, b. Mar. 21, 1794; d. Jan. 5, 1814.

Clarissa, b. Feb. 13, 1792; m. Dec. 24, 1812, Philetus Childs; b.
1785; d. Sept. 13, 1858. She d. Sept. 17, 1860; res. Shelburne.
2603. X. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 23, 1774; d. in Shutesbury, Oct. 23, 1775,

11.32. Silas Whitney (David, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. prob.
1737; m. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Mar., 1758, Jane Pearson, of that place.

He was born probably in 1737. In 1758 he went to No Town (Princeton) and
purchased land. He was a blacksmith and followed that trade. His wife, whom he
married soon after going to No Town, was from Shrewsbury, where they were mar-
ried. In 1763 he moved to Winchendon, and soon after, in Feb., 1773, to Rindge,
N. H., from which place he was warned out of town. While residing in Winchendon
he kept hotel at the center, and in 1764 was chosen church warden and surveyor of
boards and shingles. Later he moved to Clarendon, Vt. In the county of Worces-
ter, Mass., Registry of Deeds, lib. 57, fol. 50, there is a record of a deed of Silas Whit-
ney and wife Jane, of Princeton, to one Jones, July 2, 1762. This is the land he had
purchased four years before. Res. Princeton and Winchendon Mass., Rindge, N. H,
Clarendon, Vt.

2603. i. Love, b. Dec. 18. 1758.

2604. ii. David, b, Aug. 31,1761; m. Sarah Wilson.

2605. iii. Silas, b. June 12, 1762; res. St. Armand, P. Q., where he d and

was buried.

2598.

V.

2599.

VI.

2600.

vii.

2601.

viii.

2602.

ix.

190 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2615.

i.

2618.

IV.

2619.

V.

2621.

Vll.

2606. iv. Oliver, b. in W., Sept. 16, 1764; m. Abigail Crampton.

2607. V. Baktholomew, b. June 30, 1766; m. Lois ; res. Clarendon,

Vt., and had a son, Joel, b. Sept. 9, 1791.

2608. vi. jANE,b. June6, 1768.

2609. vii. PHEBE.b. Dec. 1, 1770.

2610. viii. Samuel, b. Winchendon, 1771 or 1772; m. Eunice Whitney and

Martha Parmeuter.

2611. ix. Mercy, b. Rindge, N. H., 1773.

2612. X. Benjamin, b. Dec. 16, 1777; m. Mary .

2613. xi. Solomon, b. .

2614. xii. Lucv, b. ; m. — Brown.

1134. Capt. Benjamin Whitney (Solomon, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),

b. Petersham, Mass., June 10,1753; m. in Petersham . Reserved in the

Revolutionarv war in the Petersham company as second lieutenant, and later was
under Gen. Lee and iinally commissioned a captain. She d. in Simpson, P. Q. He
d. in 1830; res. Petersham, Mass., and Simpson, P. Q.

Benjamin, b. — . 2616. ii. JoB,b. — . 2617. iii. Solomon, b. .

Newall, b. May 1, 1791; m. Elizabeth Whitehead.

Lucinda, b. ; m. Gushing. 2620. vi. Miriam, b. .

Susan, b. ; m. Oct. 24. 1802, Joseph Gleason; b. Apr. 7, 1781.

He was a farmer; res. Petersham. Ch.: (See Hist, of Mid Go.,
Stow for sketch.) Benjamin W., b. Oct. 12, 1806; m. Aug. 31,
1831, Louisa Fessenden, of Shrewsbury; 5 ch.
2622. viii. John, b. . 2623. ix. Lvdia, b. .

1138. David Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Aug.
14, 1761; m. in Goncord, June 1, 1786, Betsey Darby, b. 1766, d. lt<43.

David Whitney married his wife in Goncord, Mass., and soon moved to a farm
in Rindge, X. H. After a short residence there he purchased a large farm in Bol-
ton, Mass., one of the best in that town, and ever after resided there. He made his
will in 1833, dividing his estate. He d. Sept. 17, 1838; res. Rindge, N. H., and Bol-
ton, Mass.

Samuel, b. Dec. 7, 1788; m. Fanny Hudson and Mrs. Lydia

(Sawyer) Whitney.
Betsey, b. Jan. 2, 1792; m. in Lancaster, Mar. 29, 1814, Robert

Hudson, Jr., of Lancaster; res. Boylston.
Nancy, b. Mar. 20, 1794; m. Oct. 4, 1814, Joseph Powers of Rut-
land. She d. July 20,1832, leaving 5 ch.; res. Belchertown.
Sally, b. May 20, 1796; m. July 1, 1823, William B. Sanger of

Templeton. She d. Jan. 15, 1851, leaving 1 ch.
David, b. Apr. 14, 1798; d. Mar. 7, 1816.
Lucv.b. June 6, 1800; m. Dec. 28, 1818, Joel Brown of Goncord;

11 ch.; res. Boylston.
Joseph, b. Aug. 12, 1802; m. Eliza Saunders.
Nathan, b. July 30, 1804; m. Eliza Stevens.

1145. Samuel Austin Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John),
b. Sept. 27, 1770; m. July 28, 1801, Ruth Perkins, b. 1772; d. Sept. 15, 1849.

He was an enterprising merchant and ship owner, remarkable through life for
his great energy and personal courage. About 1799 Mr. Samuel Austin Whitney
owned several ships, one of which, believed to have been th« " Hiram," he com-
manded himself when she was captured by a French armed vessel. The crew were
taken out, with the exception of Capt. Whitney, his young brother, Henry, a lad of
16 years, and the cook, and the ship was placed in charge of a force of ten men under
an officer. Capt. Whitney had secreted his pistols in a crate of ware, and made known
to his brother and the cook his determination to recapture the vessel. He imme-
diately began to put out of the way everything that could be used as a weapon
against himself, the Frenchmen, with the exception of their commander, being un-
armed; and seizing an opportunity when but two of the crew were on deck, one at
the wheel and one asleep on a hen-coop, by the aid of his two companions he retook
the ship. The man at the wheel he threw overboard, and ran to the other, the prize-
master, intending to serve him in the same way, but he grasped the chains and held
on. Hearing the scuffle, the men below came up, when Capt. Whitney aimed a
pistol at the one in advance, who turned, and with his companions ran like a flock of

2624.

i-

2625.

ii.

2626.

iii.

2627.

iv.

2628.
2629.

V.

vi.

2630.
2631.

vii.
viii

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 191

sheep around the long boat, young Henry, armed with a dirk and the cook with boil-
ing water, bringing up in the rear. In their panic, following their leader, the men
rushed below, when the companion way was closed and the cook stationed with a
junk bottle to beat them down should they attempt to come up. This was the work
•of a moment. The prize-master, who had in the meantime regained the deck,
stabbed Henry in the side and disabled him, but Capt. Whitney felled the officer by
a blow from a handspike, and shortly after placed him below with the crew. He
jiow made sail for an English port, when he was again captured by another French-
man. Mr. Whitney used to relate that the mortification and rage of his new captors
when they learned the state of affairs on board was most amusing. His brother,
Henry and the cook were now taken ofT, and seventeen men being placed in the
ship, he was tauntingly told that he was to be left on board to retake her if he could,
although he was really left to assist in the navigation. He secretly accepted this
challenge, basing his hopes on putting the instruments out of order; and at length
succeeded in so changing them that his captors were completely lost. Capt. Whit-
ney in the meanwhile, having kept his own reckoning, had altered the ship's course
and was quietly taking her into New York, and the high lands were in sight before
the crew knew where they were. He now told them that if they would allow him to
take them in he would pledge himself for their safety; but after consultation, not
dreaming by whose means they had got where they were, they concluded to try
again, and shaped their course for the West Indies. Capt. Whitney again disar-
ranged the instruments, and carried the ship into an English port (Jamaica it is
thought), alongside of an English frigate lying at anchor. The frigate sent off a
barge to them, which was the first intimation the Frenchmen received of their hav-
ing been outwitted. The English took possession and claimed the vessel as a
capture from the French, but Capt. Whitney argued that he himself recaptured the
ship by running her into port under their guns. The case was taken into their Court
of Admiralty, where an award of $10,000 was made to the frigate. This sum Mr.
Whitney paid, shipped a new crew, and brought his vessel safely into New York.
.(Condensed from family MSS). He d. Oct. 15, 1846; res. Lincolnville, Me.

Samuel, b. July 30, 1802; m. Rebecca W. Howe.

Lucy, b. Apr. 1, 1804; m. Nov. IT, 1829, Dr. William Ludwig; 2 ch.

John Perkins, b. Dec. 30, 1805; m. Tempe P. Johnston.

Mary Jane, b. July 2, 1811; m. Dec. 10, 1843, William A. Schenck;
2ch.

2636. V. Phebe, b. Julv 5, 1816; m. May 22, 1843, Dr. Edward Wm. Hook;

4ch.

1146. Joseph Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Sept.

19, 1771; m. Sept. 24, 1793, Sally Collins; b. 1773; d. at Newburyport, Mass., of
yellow fever, Sept. 22, 1799; m. 2d, Oct. 18, 1803; Catherine Smith, b. ; d. June

20, 1809; m. 3d, Mrs. Catherine Whitney, b. 1774; d. May 27, 1836. He is buried in the
■Granary burial ground. He d. June 24, 1812; res. Boston, Mass.

2637. i. Joseph, b. June 11, 1796; m. Elizabeth Pratt.

1149. Cyrus Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Dec. 24,
1774; m. Dec. 28, 1795, Mary Brewer; res. Geneva, N. Y.

2688. i. , b. ; m. David B. Downing; res. Geneva, N. Y.

1151. Henry Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 29,
1783; m. Mar. 27, 1807, Lucy Perkins. He d. Havre, France, Apr. 27, 1837; res. Cas-
tine. Me.

Nancy, b. July 15, 1808; m. 1825, Joshua C. Adams; d. Jan. 1.5,

1852; 15 ch.
Henry, b. Feb. 15, 1810; merchant; unm.; res. Liverpool, Eng-
land.
William, b. Nov. 17. 1811; d. Feb. 8, 1814.
Lucy, b. Aug. 15, 1813; m. Moses Gay, Jr. She d. s. p. at Havre,

France, Sept. 26, 1841.
William Cutler, b. July 20, 1815; d. Sept. 30, 1816.
Charles, b. Oct. 29, 1817; drowned Penobscot Bay, Oct. 1. 1831.

Samuel Austin, b. ; m. Ann E. Auld, and d. s.p., N. O., La.,

Oct. 28, 1850.
2646. viii. John Perkins, b. Jan. 20, 1820. He. d. unm. at N. O., Aug. 11,
1839.

2632.

2683.

2634.

iii.

2635.

iv.

2639.

i.

2640.

ii.

2641.
2642.

iii.
iv.

2643.
2644.
2645.

V.

vi.
vii

192 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2647 ix. Frances, b. Apr. 3, 1823; m. Oct. 7, 1847, Leonard T. Whiting; 2
ch. She m. 2d, May 1, 1869, Samuel K. Whiting; 3 ch.

2648. X. Sarah, b. June 15, 1825; d. Apr. 2, 1842.

2649. xi. Phebe, b. May 11, 1829.

1153 Ebenezer Whitney (Samuel, Benjamin, Thomas, Thomas, John), b.
Boston, Mass., Mar. 17, 1780; m. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 27, 1807, Bathsheba Tin-
kin Heston, He d. Feb. 3, 1823; res. Glassboro, N. J.

2650. i. Samuel, b. Oct. 21, 1808; d. Jan. 17, 1810.

2651. ii. Abigail Cutler, b. June 4, 1810; m. Apr. 28, 1839, Woodward

Warrick. She d. Oct. 31, 1854; 5 ch.

2652. iii. Thomas Heston, b. Jan. 4, 1813; m. Josephine H. Whitney.

2663. iv. Harriett, b. Dec. 6, 1814; m. Dec. 28, 1842, Dr. Myles Synnott;

4ch.

2664. V. Eben Wharton, b. Jan. 28, 1817; m. Lucy Warrick.

2665. vi. Samuel Austin, b. July 7, 1819; unm.

1154. Aaron Whitney (Nathan, Nathan, Thomas, Thomas, John), b. Stow,

Mass., July 31, 1752; m. ; was a farmer. He d. in 1791; res. Conway,

Mass.

2656. i. Otis, b. May 24, 1781; m. Sarah Edwards.

2657. ii. Chester, b. Dec, 1783; m. Polly Waite Green.

2658. iii. , b. ; m. — — — Gun; res. Conway.

1164. Lieut. Timothy Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),
b. Nov. 29, 1753; m. Phebe Reed. Timothy Whitney was a lieutenant in Capt.
Joseph Warren's company in Sept., 1777, from Grafton; res. Marlboro, Mass.

2659. i. Thomas, b. June 16, 1777; m. Abigail Hapgood.

2660. ii. Susanna, b. Feb. 26, 2664. vi. Phebe, b. Mar. 12,

1782. 1795.

2661. iii. Nathan, b. Aug. 15, 2666. vii. Henry, b. Nov. 6,

1784. 1797.

2662. iv. LEWis.b. Apr. 7, 1788. 2666. viii. Sophia, b. Dec. 25,

2663. V. Edward W., b. Jan. 1799.

29, 1793.

1166. Elijah Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Apr. 21,
1761; m. May 29, 1785, Mindwell Hardy, b. Nov. 27, 1763; d. Apr. 28, 1853. Elijah
Whitney, b. April 21, 1761, was the son of Thomas Whitney, of Shrewsbury, and his
wife, Anna Gould; and by the history of the town belonged to the John Whitney
family, of Watertown. He (Elijah) died Aug. 24, 1817. m his 67th year. His wife,
Mrs. Mindwell (Hardy) Whitney, was born Nov. 27, 1763, and died Apr. 28, 1853,
ae. 89 years, 5 months, and 1 day. Elijah Whitney was a handsome man, and an
excellent farmer; and his father Thomas seems to have relied upon him mainly for
business advice. When the "Shoe," in 1762, was annexed to Westborough, Thomas
(the father) wanted to remain a citizen of Shrewsbury, and his request was gratified;
but he, however, yielded to Elijah's request, Mar. 12, 1793, and his farm, which had
become Elijah's property, was annexed to Westborough. He was kind to his chil-
dren, and allowed his son Elijah to leave his trade and pursue a course in the col-
leges, and graduate as a learned man. His comparatively early death was a fearful
blow to his sons, who were just passing into manhood. He was frugal and careful
in his life, and left a fair amount of real estate to be divided among his children;
but there were so many that each one received but a small share. He d. Aug. 24,
1817; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

2667. i. Azubah, b. Oct. 13, 1786; m. Adams.

2668. ii. Naham, b. Jan. 7, 1788; m. Susanna Adams.

2669. vii. Elijah, b. Nov. 26, 1798; m. Cornelia L. Pratt and Wealthy

Bryant.

2670. iii. Aseneth, b. Mar. 12, 1790; m. Bryant.

2671. iv. Joel, b. May 12, 1792; m. Sept. 6, 1813, Ebial Nason; res. Grafton

and Westboro, Mass.

2672. v. David, b. June 9, 1796; m. Samaria Wheeler.

2673. vi. Levi, b. Mar. 26, 1797; d. May 1, 1797.

2674. ix. Mindwell Clarinda, 2675. x. Orestes O., b. June

b. Feb. 11, 1801. 28, 1806.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 193

2676. xi. Daniel, b. Feb. 21, 1807; m. Nancy and Sarah F. .

2677. xii. Dexter O., b. Sept. 17, 1809; m. Catherine .

2683.

1.

2685.

111.

2686.

iv.

2687.

V.

2689.

Vll

res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

2678. i. ' William K., b. Apr. 5, 1795; m. Deborah Woodard and Mary

Ann Billings.

2679. ii. Artemas H., b. Jan. 14, 1797; m. Nabby Skinner and Caroline M.

Alden.

2680. iii. Joseph H., b. Feb. 25, 1799; m. Lucy Green.

2681. iv. John Flint, b. May, 1805; m. Sophia Bulkley.

2682. V. Washington, b. .

1169. Jonah Whitney (Thomas, Thomas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Aug. 25,
1771; m. May 21, 1797, Anna Rider. He was killed while moving a building. His
widow requested the Probate Court to grant her an assignment of her dower, accord-
ing to law Apr. 13, 1813. He d. Oct. 3, 1810; res. Shrewsbury and Westboro, Mass.

■ Phila, b. Apr. 12, 1798. 2684. ii. Patty, b. May 17, 1800.

Seraph, b. Apr. 4, 1802; d. Oct. 16, 1803.

Orlando, b. Julv 23, 1804; m. Susan M. Wood.

Polly, b. Oct. 9, 1806. 2688. vi. Margaret Ann, b. Feb. 1,

Jonah, b. Mar. 29, 1811. 1809.

1171. Eleazer Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Dec.
5, 1777; m. Oct. 31, 1799, Alice Peabody, b. June L 1779; d. Oct. 9, 1867. He d. Feb.
1, 1838; res. Henniker, N. H.

2690. i. Asa, b. Nov. 26, 1800; m. Patty Rice and Mary L. Childs.

2691. ii. Lois C, b. Apr. 4, 1803; m. Mar. 15, 1^32, Capt. Zebulon Foster,

Jr., b. Sept. 6, 1797. She d. Aug. 24, 1852. He was captain of
the Henniker Rifles and selectman eight vears; rep. two years.
Ch.: Caroline F., b. Nov. 6, 1835; m. Nov. 6, 1861, W. O. Folsom.
She d. 1866.

2692. iii. Frederic, b. Oct. 5, 1806; m. Fidelia Woods and Mrs. Hannah

B. Carter.

2693. iv. Benj. Carroll, b. Dec. 23, 1808; drowned June 3, 1819.

2694. V. Alexander, b. Apr. 11, 1812; drowned June 3, 1819.

2695. vi. Alice B., b. June 2, 1816; d. Sept. 26, 1854. .

1175. Alexander Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Henniker, N. H., Dec. 5, 1789; m. there Nov. 24, 1814, Lydia Foster, b. Nov. 2, 1795; d.
Apr. 27, 1875. Was a farmer: was a hard working, industrious, and honest citizen,
and respected by all who knew him. He moved from Henniker to New London in
1826. He d. Nov. 26, 1878; res. Henniker and New London, N. H.

Aaron Foster, b. Mar. 26, 1815; d. Jan. \, 1830.

Mary Story, b. Mar. 29, 1817; d. unm. Dec. 14, 1836.

Oilman H., b. Nov. 30, 1819; m. Sarah Jane Durgan.

Wm. S., b. Nov. 1, 1822; m. Mary B. Durgan.

George A., b. Feb. 11, 1825; m. Sept. 1, 1852, Ann Eliza Jones. He
d. s. p. June 14, 1854. Was a lumberman,and was killed by light-
ning while peeling bark.

Alonzo, b. Nov., 1827; unm.; res. N. L.

E.meline L., b. June 16, 1830; unm.; res. Ridgewav, Iowa.

Livonia M., b. Feb. 6, 1833; m. Dec. 4, 1862, Daniel S. Piper.
Ch.: Girl, b. Mar. 9, 1870; d. Mar. 11, 1870; Myra Alice, b. Nov.
15, 1873; res. Medford, Minn.

2704. ix. Harriett N., b. Sept. 8, 1835; m. Oct. 13. 1867, at Sutton, N. H.,

Erwin G. Gate. Ch.: Alice Carrie, b. Jan. 22, 1878; res. Bos-
cowen, N. H.

2705. X. Charles S., b. Mar. 1, 1837; m. Laura A. Pearson.

2706. xi. Jannett M., b. Mar. 10, 1840; d. Mar. 28, 1872, unm.

1176. Stephen Whitney (Alexander, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. lune
10, 1792; m. Feb. 22, 1825, Sarah Bailey, b. Mar. 3, 1801; d. Dec, 1869. He was a
farmer. He d. Oct. 26, 1864; res. Henniker, Claremont, and Newport, N. H.

2696.

1.

2697.

11.

2698.

111.

2699.

IV.

2700.

v.

2701.

vi.

2702.

Vll.

2703.

viii

194 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2707. i. Edwin R., b. Nov. 19, 182.5; m. at H. Sept. 12, 1849, Prudence S.

Connor. She was b. Apr. 18, 1830. Is a farmer; res. Ashland,
N. H.
2708 ii. EuGAR M., b. Nov. 19. 1825; d. Sept. 17, 1826.
2709. iii. Sarah Jank, b. Dec. 25, 1827; m. Sept. 12, 1849, Barnabas C.
Whipple of Croydon; res. Sutton, N. H. He is a farmer; was
b. Jan. 1, 1823. Ch.: Edgar B., b. Nov. 12, 1850, Orange' Co.. Fla.,
res., Leona Haven; Warren L., b. Apr. 6. 1852, m.; res., Goshen,
N. H.; Mason E.. b. Mar., 1854, d. June 4. 1858; Rubie J.,b. July 6,
1860, m. William E. Drew, Merrimack, Mass.; Aaron M.,b. Oct.
20, 1863; m. Cora Merrill, Roby's Corner, N. H.; Alice J., b. Apr.
14, 1866, m. Stephen Pillsbury, Biddeford, Me.

Stephen Page, b. Apr. 9, 1830; m. Mary J. Pollard.

Geo. Fked'k, b. Aug. 12, 1832; m. Ann E. Durgan.

Mary Elizabeth, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Hon. Edmund Burke of
Newport.

1199. Luther Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. July 25,
1780; m. Jan. 13, 1803, Hannah Gordon; b. June 24, 1778; d. Dec. 13, 1804; m. 2d,
Nabby Wood; b. May 9, 1777; d. Jan. 16, 1816; res. Henniker, Canaan and Wash-
ington, N. H., and Saratoga, _N.Y,

'^710.

iv.

2711.

v.

2712.

VI.

2713.
2714.
2715.
2716.

Hannah, b. 1804; d. Oct. 10, 1804.

Hannah, b. Nov. 7, 1807.
i. Livonia, b. June 13, 1809.
V. Orpha, b. ; m. Wm. Wood of N. Y.

2716>^.v. Martin, b. ; res. Mich.

1202. John Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Henniker,
N. H., July 23,1787; m. Jan. 1, 1810, Lucy Chamberlain; b. Sept. 14, 1788; d. Apr. 7,
1863. He was a blacksmith. He d. Aug. 27, 1844; res. Henniker. N. H.. and Sandis-
field. Mass.

2717. i. Emeline. b. Mar. 3, 1810; m. Sept. 24, 1833, William Chittenden,

Jr. He was a farmer; b. Sept. 14, 1809; d. Feb. 5, 1845. res. in
Sandwich, 111. Ch.: Georgianna Theresa, b. Feb. 17, 1837; m.to
Benjamin Comstock, at Sandwich, 111., Jan. 6, 1860; P. O. address.
Sandwich, 111.

2718. ii. Lucy, b. Mar. 26, 1811; m. Aug. 31, 1830, Todd. She d. in

Winsted, Conn. Her dau. is Mrs. Mary Putnam, of Winsted.

Livonia, b. Apr. 16, 1813; m. Apr. 10, 1837. She d. Jan. 10, 1845.
John Harmon, b. July 26, 1815; m. Nov. 22, 18o9; res. Sandisfield.

Mass.
Lorenzo C, b. Apr. 5, 1818; m. Clestia A. Fosdick.
Clarinda, b. June 12. 1821 ; m. Oct. 20, 1845, Ingham. She

d. Feb. 9, 1867.
Edward A., b. Sept. 1, 1823; m. Harriett E. Couch.
Mary Ann, b. Nov. 11, 1826; m. Nov. 5. 1844, Henry S. Langdon;

res. Algona, Iowa. He was b. Sept. 28, 1821; d. May 8, 1893;

was a merchant. Ch.: Eugene Wellington, b. June 9, 1848; m.

Aug. 6, 1882; Henrietta Josephine, b. Mar. 24, 1850; m. Nov. 7,

1872, Augustus Pretsch; Ellen Clerinda, b. June 3, 1853; Emeline

Ardelia, b. Aug. 13, 1855; m. Jan. 9, 1883, Daniel D. Townsend;

Albert Henry, b. Nov. 20. 1859; d. Apr. 27. 1887.

1203. Silas Whitney (Joshua, Eleazer, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Mar 30,
1791; m. July 23, 1818, Sally Butler, b. Jan. 7. 1788. in Sudbury, Mass.; res.'Henniker
and Canaan. N. H.

2719.
2720.

iii.
iv.

2721.

2722.

v.

vi.

2723.
2724.

vii.
viii.

2725.
2726.
2727.

Bela Butler, b. Oct. 21, 1819.

Stephen M., b. Feb. 26, 1823; d. June 26, 1824.

Moses S., b. Jan. 13, 1826.

1210. Elnathan Whitney (Elnathan. Elnathata. Eleazer, Thomas, John), b.
Goffstown, Apr. 4, 1791; m. Feb. 16, 1815, Lydia Stickney, b. Mar. 16, 1791; d. June
17.1880.

He was born in Goffstown and always resided there on the farm purchased by
his father. He followed agricultural pursuits until a few years before his death. He
■d. June 30, 1862; res. Goffstown. N. H.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 195

2728. i. Mary, b. Apr. 13, 1820; m. Apr. 5, 1842, David M. Poore, b. Mar.

2. 1820, d. 1860; m. 2d Samuel Teel; res. Goffstown Centre, N. H.
Ch.: Darwin M., b. Mar. 7, 1843; m. Carrie F. Hadley; res. 85
Blodget St., Manchester; Charles B., b. Feb. 19, 1845; m. Mary
J. Gatley; Frank H., b. May 4. 1847; d. Jan. 16. 1866; David
M., b. July 8, 1849; m. Viola B. Worthen; res. Goffstown Centre.

2729. ii. Sylvester, b. Feb. 29, 1816; m. Anne M. Palmer.

2730. iii. Elvira, b. Jan. 28, 1818; m. ; a dau. is Mrs. Ella McDonald,

Fort Gratiot, Mich.

2731. iv. Lydia M., b. June 27, 1824; m. Jan. 29, 1850, Joseph G. Young; res.

Chemung, 111. He was b. Aug. 13, 1821. He is an engineer and

machinist. Ch.: Eva J., b. Mar. 18, 1851; m. 1876, Reid;

res. C; Herbert E., b. Oct., 1853; m. 1880; d. 1892; wid. res.
Capron, 111.; M. Homer, b. 1858; d. 1864.

2732. V. Sarah E., b. Sept. 3, 1826; m. Roberts; res. Goffstown Cen-

tre, N. H.

2733. vi. Lrcv E., b. Mar. 20, 1834; m. Apr. 12, 1855, Charles Spencer; res.

Goffstown Centre, N. H.

2734. vii. Elnathan, b. Apr. 16, 1822; m. Sylena F. Henry.

1212. Gen. Moses Whitney (Jacob, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Jan. 2,
1775; m. Apr. 14, 1797, at Milton, Rebecca Dunbar; d. Feb. 4, 1824; m. 2d, at Andover,
Mrs. Mary P, Kittredge.

Gen. Moses Whitney was born in Spring street, West Roxbury, on the 20th of
Jan., 1775. He was the youngest of six children of Jacob and Rachel (Whiting)
Whitney, the dau. of Nathaniel, of the same place. In 1787 he went to Blue Hill,
Milton, to learn the leather business. His second wife was the widow of Dr. Thomas
Kittredge, of Gloucester; she outlived him several years, dying in Milton, 1865. He
■commenced business in 1796, moved to Dorchester in 1797, and removed to Milton in
1805. He purchased the " Rising Sun" estate in 1806, and the Nancy Paine estate in
1809, extending from the Old Plymouth Road to the Neponset River. He enlarged
the wharf, and built a tan house in 1810. In 1819 he built the Whitney house on
Milton Hill, and purchased Swift's wharf at the same time in part, filling up the dock
between the wharves. After this the lumber and wood business was carried on exten-
sively by him for twenty years. He was in active business for sixty-three years, not
including his apprenticeship. He was appointed postmaster in Milton, in 1805;
resigned in 1816; captain of militia, 1816; colonel, 1821. He was afterward brigadier-
general of first brigade, first division, Massachusetts Militia. He died in his house on
Milton Hill, Dec. 24, 1859; res. Dorchester and Milton, Mass.

Hannah, b. Dorchester, Nov. 19, 1797; d. s. p. in 1832.

Moses, b. D., Oct. 7, 1802; m. Elizabeth G. Sanderson.

Mary, b. D., Apr. 17, 1805; d. in 1890.

Seth Dunbar, b. Milton, Sept. 13, 1807; m. Adeline Dutton Train.

Warren Jacob, b. in 1811; m. and d. in 1S91.

1218. Abraham Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury,
Mass., Apr. 25, 1779; m. Rebecca Hudson; b. 1777; d. Jan., 1862. He d. in 1853; res.
Hartland and Hartford, \'t.

Jackson, b. Sept. 7, 1806; m. Caroline Matilda Baker.

HoLLis, b. ; m. and res. in Morrisville, Vt., and New York

state. Had 2 ch.
Benjamin Hudson, b. June 20, 1810; m. Rosella Baker.
Leonard, b. — — — ; d. unm.

Betsey, b. in 1801; m. Jan. 27, 1827, Almon Russ. She d. in Mor-
risville, Vt. Ch.: Albert and Williani; res. Hyde Park, \'t.

2745. vi. Hortensia, b. ; m. Charles M. Wetherell; res. 29 David-

son St., Hyde Park, Mass. Ch.: Wm. Herman, Lizzie Webster,
Henry Lathrop, Anna May.

2746. vii. Fanny, b. ; m. John Noyce; has 4 ch.

1220. Jacob Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John),b. Springfield,
Vt., May 2, 1784; m. Nov. 11, 1810, Lucy Adams; b. Sept. 19, 1792; d. May, 1873. He
■was a farmer. He d. Apr. 30, 1824; res. New Salem, Mass.

2747. v. John B., b. Sept. 19, 1820; m. Lucinda Bardwell and Katherine A.

Pratt.

2735.

2736.

ii.

2737.

111.

2738.

IV.

2739.

V.

2740.
2741.

i.

ii.

2742.
2743.
2744.

iii.
iv.

V.

196 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2748. iii. Jonas, b. Apr. 4. 1816; d. Oct. 6, 1816.

2749 li. LouizA, b. Oct. 9, 1813; m. Dec. 11, 1832; Sylvester W. Bangs; res.

Ware, Mass.; b. Sept. 14, 1811; d. July 25, 1884. Ch.: Martha

Elizabeth, b. Feb. 15, 1834, in Ware; m. George Goodwin Hall,

Sept. 3, 1856; Dwight Whitney, b. Mar. 3, 1840; d. Sept. 9, 1842;

Jane Louisa, b. June 14, 1846; m. Chas. H. Ellis, Sept. 3, 1867; d.

July 1, 1877; Lucia G., b. Aug. 3, 1855, in Ware; m. Geo. Bliss

Cutler, Dec. 11, 1882.
2750. I. Leonard, b. Sept. 12, 1811; m. Abby E. Day.

2751 iv. Jonas, b. Dec. 11, 1817; m. Mary L. Hunter and res. in Deerfield,

Mich.

2752. vi. Lydia Ann, b. Dec. 12, 1822; m. Apr. 17, 1843, Rufus S. Mixter.

They had one son, Frank, who died young.

1221. Abner Whitney (Abner, Jonas, Eleazer, Thomas, John), b. Roxbury,
Mass., July 19, 1780; m. Polly White. He was a farmer. He d. Dec. 27, 1866; res.
Orange, Mass.

2753. V. Harrison H., b. Oct. 31, 1819; m. Onda Kendall.

2754. i. Mary, b. ; m. A. Thayer.

2755. ii. Arathusa, b. ; m. Samuel Adams; son James W. res.

Orange, Mass.

2756. iii. Sarah, b. ; m. Amos Adams; son Geo. F. res. Montague

City, Mass.

2757. iv. Alexander, b. ; m. Mehitable Davis.

2758. vi. Emily, b. ; m. Thomas Tenney; res. .

2759. vii. Harriett, b. . 2760. viii. Charles, b. .

1224. Jonah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, lohn), b. Harvard, June
19, 1758; m. Sept. 25, 1783; there Lois Hill; d. Jan. 10, 1794. An old Bible in pos-
session of a daughter of Amos S. Whitney, at Minneapolis refers to her as Miss
Lidia Whitney; m. 2d in Henniker, N. H., 1804, Jane Stone, b. 1783; d. 1864.

Jonah Whitney was born in Harvard, Mass., in 1758. He served in the Revolu-
tionary war from Harvard, in 1780, in Capt. Williams' company, and his age was then
given as 21. After the death of his first wife, in 1805, he moved to Henniker, N. H.
It is reported that his father paid for the land which he took up with a half barrel of
silver dollars. He served in the war of 1812, and died from the effects of a fever
sore contracted while sleeping on the ground and camping out. He d. in Harvard in
1834; res. Harvard, Mass., and Henniker, N. H.

2761. i. Lois Hill, b. Julv 25, 1786; m. Nov. 14, 1806, James Turner; she

d. Apr. 25, 1818.

2762. ii. Amos Stone, b. Apr. 27, 1807; m. Mrs. Emeline Jakway, Holden.

2763. iii. Cyrus J., b. Apr. 26, 1812; m. Mary J. Morrison.

1226. Dr. Isaiah Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Stow,
Mass., Dec. 13, 1765; m. there Apr. 20, 1788, Dorcas Whitman, dau. of Dr. Charles,
of Stow; b. Apr. 7, 1767; d. July 11, 1844.

Dr. Isaiah Whitney studied medicine with Dr. Charles Whitman, of Stow, who
was surgeon in the Revolutionary war, and subsequently was married to his daugh-
ter. They moved to Rindge, N. H., in 1790, where he ever after resided. He was
much respected as a citizen, and as a skillful and conscientious physician. He was
appointed postmaster, Apr. 15, 1830, and died while holding the office. Isaiah Whit-
ney and his brother Jonah, a blacksmith, lived on the old farm. Jonah sold out, left
shop, and set up in the center of the town, two miles away, and finally deeded one
half of the farm to his son Cyrus, who made certain payments to Amos and Isaiah,
and agreed to support his father the remainder of his life, when he was to have the
other half of the farm of 110 acres. Mrs. Whitney was drowned near Burlington,
Vt., by the upsetting of a stage coach in which she was journeying. She fell into the
river near the highway. He d. Nov. 30, 1839; res. Rindge, N. H.

2764. vi. Isaiah, b. Jan. 25, 1799; m. Henrietta A. Nickerson, Sarah L.

Small, and Mrs. Hannah E. Crosby.

2765. i. Clarissa, b. in 1788; m. June 27, 1812, Lemuel Page, Jr., b. Jan.

20, 1780, d. Mav 8, 1825. He was captain in the war of 1812, and
colonel in the State militia; m. 2d Joseph Jones, of Troy, N. H.;
she d. Feb. 16, 1844. Ch.: Sarah J., b. Nov. 28, 1815; m. John
Dunckler, of Phila., Pa.; Harriett J., b. 1817; m. Leonard

2766.

11.

2767.

111.

2768.

IV.

2769.

V.

2770.

vii.

2771.

Vlll

2772.

IX.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 197

Johnonnett, of Burlington; Lemuel W., b. Apr. 30, 1821; m.

Susan Sanders and Carrie E. Hemmenway; res. Burl.
LovELL, b. June 20, 1790; m. Rebecca Witt.
Charles W., b. Nov. 16, 1791; m. Mary Griffin.
Henry, b. Oct. 26. 1794; m. Mary Goldin.
Felicia, b. May 26, 1796; m. Samuel Nichols, of Burlington. Ch.:

Chas. and Samuel; res. N. J. She d. 1869.
Stephen, b. Dec. 19, 1800; m. Lovilla Goldin.
Anna, b. Oct. 17, 1805; d. Feb. 10, 1838.
SoPHRONiA, b. Aug. 18, 1803; m. Sept. 28, 1844, Joseph Jones. She

d. Jan. 10, 1872, s. p. He m. her sister.
2772>^.x. Dorcas, b. June 25, 1799; m. Dec. 6, 1822, Henry Hubbard; his

second wife. He d. s. p. in Shrewsbury, Mass.

1227. Dr. Amos Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Moses, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., 1768; m. June 9, 1793, Rhoda Cutter; b. Aug. 20, 1770; dau. of Nathan. She
m. 2d Jasper Temple. She was of Rindge, N. H. They moved to Henniker in
1795, and resided in the southeast part. ^He was a skillful physician and much
respected. He d. Feb. 23, 1802; res. Henniker, N. H.

2773. i. Horace, b. Sept. 18, 1793; was soldier in war 1812; d. Concord.

2774. ii. SoPHRONiA, b. Jan. 10, 1795; m. Apr. 18, 1813, Hon. Jacob Gibson;

b. Oct. 24, 1784. He d. Greenbush. Wis., Dec, 1869. Ch.: Dr.
A. C, b. 1823; res. Greenbush; Randolph, b. 1819; d. Manches-
ter; John S., b. 1830; res. Mo.; Saphalia, m. R. P. Eaton; res.
Green Bav, Wis.; Sophronia, m. Randall Hoyt.

2775. iii. Dolly, b. June 14, 1796; m. Mr. Moore, of Hillsboro.

2776. iv. Calista, b. Feb. 3, 1798; m. Wm. K. Howe; b. Sept. 30,1791.

Was selectman several years in Henniker. His wife d. May 19,
1828. He was m. three times. 2 ch., Roxana C. (adopted), b.
June 19, 1820.

2777. v. Cynthia, b. Jan. 19, 1800; d. Apr. 7, 1816.

1228. Cyrvs Whitney (Isaiah, Isaiah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Stow, Aug. 17,
1771; m. June 19, 1796, Aseneth Harris, d. 1801; m. 2d, Mar. 22, 1802, Mary (Polly)
Whitney, dau. of Dea. Isaac and Lucy, b. Dec. 13, 1779; d. Nov. 19, 1857.

Cyrus Whitney was a good farmer and business man. Started a cotton factory
in his native town, which was not very successful, was interested in a gold mine in
H. (A hole said to be 100 feet deep is shown in side hill now) helped build Union
Turnpike from Concord through his farm to Harvard and Lancaster, which joined
road to Fitchburg. Built a substantial square brick mansion soon after his last
marriage where his wife presided with dignity, ability and grace over many a social
gathering. She had the first piano in town, the first carriage, left in her attic a
loom for weaving homespun cloth and carpets, as well as flax wheels, wool spinning
wheels and other evidences of her industry, skill and thrift. A well worn copy of the
Scriptures and another of Baxter's Saint's Rest witness her piety, and well do her
grandchildren remember her excellent cooking, her cheery tones, her loving care.
Cyrus, like many another Whitney was ingenious, making use of the blacksmith shop
left by his Uncle Jonas, and a bench for wood work, for repairs of farming utensils.
He had a cider mill where at first the native fruit was ground up, and later the less
marketable portion of the grafted crop. His cellars had the best of bottled cider of
all ages; his barns were crowded with hay for his large herd of cattle, his lands
were surrounded by heavy walls, his field near his house ornamented with an arti-
ficial pond which was well stocked with fish and lilies, surrounded by his orchards of
peaches, pears, as well as apples. She made her will Feb. 14, 1856; it was probated
Jan. 5, 1858. Sons Edwin, Isaiah and Isaac were executors. He d. Aug. 24, 1847; res.
Stow and Harvard, Mass.

2778.
2779.
2780.

Edwin, b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Lushea Mead Whitney.

i. Clarinda, b. Oct. 24, 1795; d. infancy.

ii. Clarinda, b. Oct. 24, 1797; m. Sept. 20, 1817, Nathan Woodbury,
of Bolton, Mass., where he was b. Aug. 13, 1794; d. Rindge, N. H.
Nov. 10, 1877; res. Rindge, where she d. June 21, 1889. Ch.:
Asenath H., b. Apr. 17, 1819; m. Albert Mann; res. Winchendon,
Mass; she d. Apr., 1891; had 7 ch.; Mary Ann, b. Jan. 16, 1821;
m. Samuel Page; res. Winchendon; she d. June 14, 1889; Nathan
G. b. Apr. 16, 1823; m. Angelia Bryant; res. Keene, N. H.; Har-

198 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

rison, b. Mar. 19, 1826; d. Oct. 10, 1830; Lauretta W., b. May 20,
1828; m. Nelson Parks; res. Winchendon; Lucinda B., b. Feb. 4,
1832; m. Henry I. Newman; res. Rindge, N. H.; Clarinda A., b.
Mar. 23, 1834; m. Daniel H. Sargent; res. Rindge; Maria A., b.
May 20, 1837; m.Geo. F. Wallace; res. Winchendon; Andrew C,
b. Dec. 25, 1840; unm.; res. Old Point Comfort, Va.

2781. iv. AsENATH, b. Mar. 18, 1800; d. Nov. 4, 1810.

2782. V. Joseph Addison, b. Oct. 23, 180i:;m. Hannah Fletcher.

2783. vi. Benj. F., b. Mar. 21, 1804; m. Louisa Lawrence.

2784. vii. James Fordyce, b. Apr. 14, 1806; m. Mary G. Whitney.

2785. viii. Richard Harris, b. Nov. 2, 1808; m. Nancy F. Whitney and

Dorcas Fisk.

2786. ix. Lauretta, b. Oct. 25, 1810; d. young.

2787. X. Isaiah, b. Sept. 22, 1815; m, Mary A. Gove.

2788. xi. Isaac, b. July 24, 1818; m. Dorcas Whitney Hoar.

2789. xii, Mary, b. Feb., 1824; m. Nov. 20, 1846, Wm. Stearns Locke, b. Nov.

21, 1813; res. Lancaster, Mass. Ch.: Lauretta Irene Locke Had-
ley, b. Jan. 17, 1848; m. June 15, 1878; res. Sudbury, Mass.; Frances
. Ann Locke Ordway, b. Feb. 14, 1850; m. Oct. 14, 1873; res. Hud-
son, Mass.; Edward Cutter, b. Mar., 1852; d. Mar. or Apr., 1854;
Warren Shattuck, b. June 10, 1854; m. Oct. 8, 1885; res. Lancas-
ter, Mass.; Edwin Whitney, b. Aug. 10, 1857; m. Mar. 29, 1892;
res. Lancaster, Mass.

1230. Israel Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Apr. 13, 1775; m. at Boston, Phoebe Jennison; b. Boston, June 22, 1781; d. Dec.
4, 1868, in Boston.

He was born in Harvard on the old homestead, where he resided until he was 20
years of age. He bought his time of his father for ^20 and started for Boston to
seek his fortune. He engaged in the shoe business and was quite prosperous. His
store was on Court street. l3uring the war of 1812 he enlisted ana was soon com-
missioned an officer in his regiment. He took an active part in this war much to the
detriment of his business and great pecuniary loss. The result was a general break-
down, from which Mr. Whitney never recovered from this misfortune. He had a
sterling and able wife, who at the helm, managed admirably, and with the assistance
of the sons came out all right. He d. June 17, 1843; res. Roxbury, Mass.

2790. i. William, b. Nov. 15, 1803; m. 1827, Adeline Richardson. He d.
Sepi.26, 1S35, leaving one ?-on, William, who d. in the west, ae. 45.

Eliza, b. Apr. 9, 1805; d. unm. June 20, 1890.

Henry, b. Sept. 30, 1807; d. Sept., 1808.

CHARLES.b. Mar. 10, 1809; m. at Worcester, Jan. 24, 1840, Elizabeth
P. Day; b. Nov. 24, 1816; d. Sept. 5, 1891, s. p. When eleven
years of age he worked in a shoe store, but soon left for Maiden,
Mass., where he remained for seven years. Wishing to acquire
a more complete education he attended an academy at Stow for
three years. At his graduation he engaged in teaching, and
later in surveying. He followed civil engineering and survey-
ing until 1891. He had purchased a fruit farm in New Jersey,
upon which he resided for twenty years. This he disposed of
and has since resided in Roxbury.

Charlotte, b. Mar. 10, 1809; m, Francis McKenna. He d. 1847.
Ch.: Andrew, Alfred, and John. She d. Dec. 4, 1879.

Harriett, b. Feb. 3, 1811; unm.; res. 12 Thornly St., Dor-
chester, Mass.

Martha A., b. Dec. 2, 1813; m. Warren O., Rogers. She d.
Dec. 18, 187 6, s. p.

Henry A., b. Jan. 15, 1815; m. Hannah Stickles.

Alfred, b. Feb. 11, 1817; d. June 7, 1834.

Caroline, b. Sept. 30, 1820; d. 1822.

2791.

11.

2792.

iii

2793.

iv,

2794.

V.

2795.

vi.

2796.

vii.

2797.
2798.
2799.

viii.
ix.

X.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 199-

1236. Oliver Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., May 16, 1786; m. there Mar. 16, 1809, Mercy Whitcomb, b. Aug. 24, 1791; d,

Sept. 5, 1865.

Oliver Whitney, the youngest child of Israel and
Hannah Mead Whitney, was born May 16, 17S6, at
Harvard, Mass. When a little over two years of age
his mother died, and he went to live with his oldest
sister, Hannah, who had married Phineas Sawyer, and
was then living in Marlboro, Mass. Soon after the
second marriage of his father (to the " Widow Puffer ")
he returned to live on the home place, and, as he grew
to manhood, he followed his father's occupation of
farming. The farm products were then carried to Bos-
ton several times a year, and these journeys were
about his only travels. When he married Mercy Whit-
comb, Mar. 16, 1809, he took her to live on the old
place, and there five children, Susan, Hannah, Mercy,
Waldo, and Charlotte, were born. On May 10, 1821,
_,„._„,..„„.,_,. thev moved to Lunenburg, Mass., where their young-

est child, Israel, was born, and where they spent their
remaining years. When young, Oliver attended the Congregational Church in
Harvard, but in middle life he "joined " the Methodists, and at his house the itiner-
ant preachers always found a warm welcome. In politics he was an Anti-Federalist,,
and later became a Democrat. He looked after the farm interests until two years
before his death, when he allowed the management of affairs to pass into the hands
of his youngest child, Israel. After gradually failing he passed away June 5, 1855.
He made his will Apr. 18, 1845; it was probated July 3, 1855. He d. June 5, 1855;
res. Harvard and Lunenburg, Mass.

2800. i. Susan, b. Jan. 23, 1811; m. Nov. 27, 1832, Henrv S. Whitney.

2801. ii. Hannah Mead, b. Jan. 22, 1813; m. Feb. 14, 1832, in Lunenburg,

Albert Stratton, b. Apr. 14, 1807; d. Jan. 1, 1881. She d. Feb. 11,
1880; res. Leominster. Ch.: .Martin W., b. Nov. 14, 1833; m. Mary
J. Litchfield and Martha A. L. Gale; res. Reading, Kan.; Capt.
Joel A., b. Mar. 9, 1837; served in war, was capt. Co. C, 58d
Regt. Mass. Vols.; was wounded at Port Hudson June 14, 1863;
■ m. Hannah W. Comey; res. Reading; Albert 0.,b. Apr. 19, 1839;
was in the war 3 years in 37th Regt. Mass. Vols.; was in nine-
teen battles and skirmishes; clothing hit five times with bullets;
m. Mar. 7, 1866, to Jennie Spencer Stone; now lives in Meriden
(Allen Ave.), Conn.; ch.. Charlotte A. S., b. Oct. 13, 1841; lives
in Leominster, Mass., Adaliza Hannah Stratton, b. Sept. 22,1851,
in Leominster, Mass.; m. to Warren J. Lewis July 1, 1869; thev
now live in Leominster, Mass.; Rev. Porter Raymond, b. July
13, 1855, in Leominster, Mass.; is now pastor of M. E. Church,
at Oakdale, Mass.; he m. Annie Jewett, in 1880, at Leominster,
Mass.

2802. iii. Mercy, b. Jan. 10, 1815; d. Aug. 10, 1881.

2803. iv. Waldo, b. Apr. 16, 1817; m. Sept. 8, 1842, in Lincoln, Mass.,

Hannah Matylda Benjamin; she d. s. p. Dec. 1887, in Leo-
minster.

2804. V. Israel, b. July 4,1823; m. Jan. 20, 1848, Mary A. Benjamin; she

d. s. p. Dec. 31, 1892; res. Leominster, Alass.

2805. vi. Charlotte Barnes, b. Jan. 4, 1820; m. Jan. 20, 1842, Hiram

Walker; res. Leominster, Mass. He was b. in Rindge, N. H.,
Dec. 20, 18-. Ch.: Henry S.,b. Aug. 21, 1843; m. Dec. 13, 1871;
d. Sept. 15, 1878; Randall F., b. Dec. 5, 1845; m. June 22, 1870;
Leominster, Mass.; Arthur H., b. Feb. 21, 1848; m. Jan. 12,
1871; d. Nov. 30, 1881; Hiram L., b. Sept. 28, 1850; m. Dec. 24,
1879, Whitefield, N. H.; Alfred L., b. Oct. 28, 1852; m. Oct.
28, 1880; address Leominster, Mass.; Helen C. b. Feb. 7, 1855;
m. Dec. 11, 1878; address Helen C. Duncan, Hancock, N. H.;
Frank W., b. Mar. 25, 1857; m. Sept. 22, 1881; address Babylon,
N. Y.; Fred I., b. Mar. 7, 1860; m. Oct. 15, 1885; address Leo-
minster, Mass.

200 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1237 Luther Whitney (Israel, Elijah, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Feb. 5, 1790; m. there Jan. 3, 1814, Melinda Wetherbee.b. 1797; d. May 4, 1847.

He was born in Harvard on the farm which his grandfather had purchased
before the town was incorporated. He always resided there, and at his death the

Kroperty passed into possession of his son Luke. He d. Mar. 12, 1871; res. Harvard,
lass.

2806. i. Luke, b. Sept. 9, 1815; m. Charlotte M. Turner, Abigail Knight

and Lydia H. Hartwell.

2807. ii. William, b. ; m. Jane .

2808. iii. Jonathan W., b. Nov., 1819; m. Mercy R. .

2809. iv. Clarissa, b. ; d. .

1240 John Whitney (John, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Topsfield, Mass.,
Apr. 13, 1780; m. in Topsfield, Mass., in 1809, Mary Mundy, b. Nov. 30, 1790; d. July 25,
1878, in Goffstown.

He was born in Bolton and married his wife in Salem, Mass. Soon after his
marriage he moved to New Hampshire, settling in Weare and engaging in the manu-
facture of oil at a small village, which took its name from the oil mill and is at
present known as Oil Mill Village. After a few years he sold his mill and purchased
a farm at Goffstown and passed the remainder of his days on his farm. He d. June
26, 1865; res. Goffstown, N. H

2810. i. Artemas, b. Aug. 30, 1809, d. Jan. 30, 1810.

2811. ii. Millie, b. Jan. 24, 1810; m. Dec. 29, 1829, Silas Barnes, b. May 3,

1800, d. May 16, 1874. He was a clothier and farmer. She d,
July 11, 1874; res. Goffstown, N. H. Ch.: Mary Alice, b. June
4, 1831, d. Dec. 31, 1845; Albert W., b. Jan. 9, 1833; m. Dec. 26,
1873; no ch.; res. Henniker, N, H.; Elizabeth R., b. Sept. 18,
1834; m. Mar., 1879; d. July 27, 1890; Geo. A., b. Sept. 29, 1836,
d. Apr., 1881; Caroline M., b. Apr. 21, 1838, d. Mar., 1853.

2812. iii. Albert, b. July 21, 1811; m. Elizabeth Rice and Susan R. Rice.

2813. iv. Artemas, b. Feb. 27, 1814; m. Mar. 26, 1844, Louisa Philips; m.

2d, Jennie Barnes. He d. s. p. Aug. 1879.

2814. V. John, b. Nov. 3, 1818, d. Feb. 20, 1823.

2815. vi. John, b. Apr. 5, 1824; m. Eliza H. Fisher.

2816. vii. Mary Jane, b. Oct. 21, 1821; m. Nov. 2, 1848, Samuel J. Tenney.

She d. s. p. Oct. 21, 1856. He was b. 1820. He m. for 2d wife
Rhoda F. Worthley, b. 1838, d. 1871; m. 3d Clara Scribner; res.
Goffstown, N. H.; one child bv second wife.

2817. viii. Alice, b. Oct. 26, 1829; d. Aug. 24, 1830.

2818. ix. Harriett, b. Oct. 6, 1831; m. Feb. 9, 1857, Franklin E.Johnson.

She d. Aug. 22, 1871. Ch.: Clarence A., b. Jan. 7, 1858; m.
Aug. 15, 1882; res. Denver, Colo.; W. M., b. Oct. .31, 1860; dead;
Bess L., b. Nov. 12, 1862; m. Nov. 22, 1887, Charles Fohn; res.
Winchester, Mass.; Mabel W., b. May 12, 1864; res. Nahant,
Mass.

1250. Abraham Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b.
Harvard, Mass., Nov. 29, 1779; m. Apr. 3, 1802, Alice Houghton; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2819. i. Mercy, b. July 16, 2821. iii. Almira, b. Oct. 24,

1802. 1805; d. Jan. 10, 1811.

2820. ii. ABEL.b. Feb.20, 1804. 2822. iv. Maria, b. Nov. 15,

1807.

1251. Josiah Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. Harvard,
Mass., Aug. 18, 1781; m. Feb. 6, 1803, Sally Puffer. He d. about 1805; res. Harvard,
Mass.

2823. i. Luke, b. Apr. 22, 1803. 2824. ii. Jefferson, b. Nov.

29, 1804.

1252. John Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John), b. in Har-
vard, July 31, 1783; m. Nov. 23, 1804, Sally Stowe; res. Harvard, Mass.

2825. i. Lucy Stowe, b. July 12, 1805; m. Ethan Wetherbee, and had

two ch.

2826. ii. Sullivan, b. Dec. 22, 1808; d. young.

2827. iii. John, b. Mar. 16, 1813; m, Mary Nourse.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 201

1254. Simeon Howard Whitney (Abraham, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John),
b. Harvard, Mar. 2t), 1787; m. in Lancaster, Aug. 9, 1811, Nancy Barnard; b. May 22,
1786; d. Jan. 9, 1856, in Fitchburg. He was born on the old Whitney place, followed
farming and his trade, that of a stone mason. He resided in Harvard and Lancas-
ter, but died in Leominster. He d. Apr. 29, 1859; res. Bolton and Lancaster, Mass.

2828. i, Jerome Blake, b. Apr. 3, 1812; m. Jan. 19, 1837; res. Boxboro,

Mass.

2829. ii. JosiAH Dudley, b. Sept. 7, 1816; m. Catherine A. Harvey.

2830. iii. Elhaxan Winchester, b. Oct. 21, 1819; m. Sarah A. Bogert.

2831. iv. Ann Barnard, b. July 10, 1824; m. May 15, 1843, Henry Gates,

Leominster, Mass. She d. July 7, 1859. A dau., Anna A., res.
Leominster, Mass.

2832. V. Abigail Boylston Moore, b. Oct. 24, 1826; m. Nov. 24, 1847,

George W. De Witt; res. 886 Main street, Waltham. Ch.: Nanna
Aroline, b. Sept. 8, 1848; Abby Anna,b. Nov. 15, 1849; d. Jan. 15,
1890; Clara Whitney, b. Dec. 21, 1851; res. 9 Silver street, Wor-
cester, Mass.; Leroy Elvine, b. Apr. 8, 1854; res. Leominster;
Herbert Barnard, b. Oct. 14, 1856; res. Leominster; George
Washington, b. Nov. 9, 1859; d. Aug. 18, 1879.

2833. vi. LvDiA Parker, b. Dec. 29, 1828; m. Oct. 30, 1851, John B. Hoar;

res. W. Acton, Mass. He was b. 1829; d. Oct. 13, 1872. Ch.:
Katie Louisa, b. Aug. 20, 1852; d. Oct. 20, 1872; Arthur Cephas,
b. Sept. 21, 1854; m. Ella A. Ewings. Name changed to Whit-
ney; 166 Devonshire street, r. 42, Boston, Mass.; Ellen Gertrude,
b. Aug. 14, 1856; m. Edwin M. Wheeler. He d. May 31, 1882;
res. West Acton; John Sherman, b. Mar. 4, 1860; m. Miimie R.
Hart; res. West Acton; Crosby Abner, b. Oct. 17,1862; name
changed to Whitney; res. Newport, R. I.; Edwin Barker, b.
Nov. 18, 1865; m. Emma Reitz; name changed to Whitney; res.
2109 A, Washington street, St. Louis, Mo.; Alice Josephine, b.
Nov. 7, 1871; res. W. Acton.

1267. Samuel Whitney (Elijah, Abraham, Isaiah, Thomas, John) b. Bolton,
Mass., Sept. 10, 1778; m. in Acton, Oct., 1807, Lucy Handley; b. Oct. 14, 1788; d. Nov.
15, 1874. He was a cooper by trade, but followed farming most of his life. He d.
July 29, 1868; res. Bolton, Mass.

2834. i. Samuel Ivory, b. Mar. 13, 1809; m. Eliza Cannon.

2835. ii. Franklin, b. Sept. 19, 1811 ; d. New Bedford, July 22, 1866.

2836. iii. Amasa, b. Jan. 13, 1813; m. Susan Cannon.

2837. IV. Sidney S., b. Feb. 25, 1815; m. Marv C. Getchell.

2838. V. Urania, b. Jan. 6, 1817; m. Geo. Cannon. She d. Nov. 6, 1891. He

was b. Apr. 17, 1817; d. Jan. 3, 1878. Ch.: Susan A., b. in N. B.,
July 20, 1842; d. July 28, 1883; Albert, b. in N. B., Oct. 10, 1844;
m. Oct. 30, 1879; res. New Bedford, Mass.; Caroline L., b. N. B.,
Mav 17, 1847;d. Apr. 6, 1866; George S., b. in N. B., Nov. 1,1851;
d. Jan. 13, 1860.

Daniel, b. Apr., 1810; d. In 1813.

Almira, b. Sept. 21, 1822; m. Isaiah H. Potter.

Lucy, b. June 10, 1824.

Alonzo, b. Nov. 29, 1826; m. Sarah H. Cooledge.

1278. Capt. Jonas Whitney (Jonathan, Zaccheus, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.
Lancaster, Mass., Aug. 27, 1772; m. there June 2, 1803, Mary Hawkes. He d. Jan. 14,
1846; res. Lancaster, Mass.

2843. i. Mary, b. Mar. 7, 1804.

1279. Zaccheus Whitney (Jonathan, Zaccheus, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b.

Lancaster, Mass., Mar. 11, 1774; m. there Fanny . He d. 1845; res. Boston

and Cambridge, Mass.

2839.

vi.

2840.

vii.

2841.

VHl

2842.

ix.

2844.
2845.
2846.

William S., b. 1822; d. Oct. 4, 1823.
i. Edmund T., b.

iii. Sarah F., b. ; m. Joseph P. Hewlett.

1285. Amos Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Feb. 11,1766;
m. in Concord, Apr. 16, 1789, Anna Brown. He was in the coopering business at
Chelmsford, now Middlesex village, where he lived, and where he acquired a large
property in that trade. He d. Oct. 2, 1854; res. Chelmsford, Mass.

14

202 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

2847. i. Amos, b. 1790; d. unm. Oct. 19, 1873. Amos Whitney was never

married. He was a man of exemplary character, without being^
particularly enterprising. In 1864 his father died and left him a
large amount of wealth, though his means were ample without
this inheritance. He left a will at his decease, giving $20,000 to-
relatives, $2,500 to the "Old Ladies' Home" at Lowell, and
made Tuft's college the residuary legatee. His estate was
valued at over $50,000.

2848. ii. Sewell, b. ; d. .

1286. Asa Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. in 1767; m,
Feb. 25, 1790; Mary Wallis, d. Feb. 11, 1846. Asa Whitney was a hard working, hon-
est and upright man. All his children were born on Nissequassick Hill, in Town-
send. He d. Dec. 27, 1851; res. Townsend, Mass.

2849 i. Polly, b. May 29, 1790; m. Sept. 12, 1811; James French, of Hen-

niker, N. H., b. Feb. 28, 1789; d. Mar. 30, 1862. She d. Mar. 17,
1861. He was a farmer and superior manufacturer of bas-
kets which business he followed many years. Ch.: Mary, b.
Aug. 28, 1813; m. Hiram Bell; Jas. M., b. Jan. 29, 1818; m. Mary
C. Barker.

2850. ii. Asa, b. Dec. 1, 1791; m. Clarinda Williams.

2851. iii. Samuel, b. Feb. 27, 1794; m. Polly Wallace and Kezia Gage.

2852. iv. SEWELL,b. Mar. 18,1796; d. Oct. 26, 1818. He d. unm., and was the

only one of the family who worked on wood, the others being
disciples of Tubal Cain. He made bowls, bottles and trays.
His gallon bottles were made of poplar, one piece of wood
turned inside and outside while the wood was green. Seasoned
heads of the same wood were then put in and when dried were
air-tight.

2853. V. Rebecca, b. May 3, 1800; m, George Hartwell and d. Sept. 28, 1829.

2854. vi. Levi, b. Mar. 19, 1802; m. ; res. Maryfield, O.

2855. vii. Joel, b. June 8, 1807; m. Esther M. Treadwell.

1288. Aaron Whitney (Levi, Daniel, Jonathan, Jonathan, John), b. Townsend,.
Mass., 1772; m. Mar. 16, 1797, Phebe Dunklee, b. Dec. 20, 1778; d. Jan. 31, 1800; m.
2d Olive Lund, b. Aug. 1779; d. Jan., 1867.

He was a blacksmith by trade, and in 1812 was the postmaster at Amherst. His
shop was burned in 1815, and in 1819 he moved to Calias. He was a prominent citi-
zen in Amherst for some time. He d. Feb. 16, 1845; res. Nashua, N. H., and Am-
herst, Mass., and Calais, Me.

2856. i. Levi, b. July 7, 1798; m. Jane Whitney.

2857. ii. Luke, b. Jan. 2, 1800; m. Cynthia Smith King and Mary Thankful

Smith.

2858. iii. Mark, b. Jan. 2, 1800; d. Feb. 22, 1807, in Amherst, N. H.

2859. iv. Aaron, b. Dec. 15, 1801; m. Rebecca Perkins.

2860. V. James, b. July 8, 1808; m. Julia A. Dorr.

2861. vi. Olive, b. May 15, 1805; res. Westbrook, Me.

1307. John Whitney (James, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 10, 1742;.
m. Hannah Holbrook, b. June 3, 1741; d. in Sherborn. He was a farmer. He d. Feb.
17, 1825; res. Sherborn and Wrentham, Mass.
James, b. in 1770; d. in 1770.
John, b. in 1770; d. in 1770.
John, b. in 1772; m. Clarissa Slack.
Nathaniel, b. in 1774; m. Deborah Fames.

Hannah, b. in 1776; m. Henry Pratt, of Sherborn. She d. in
Sherborn in 1842. Ch.: Jacob, b. 1806; m. Mary A. Hooker and
Phebe Whitney; William, b. 1808; d.l808; Eleanor, b. 1810; d.
1810; William, b. 1813; d. 1831; John W., b. 1819; m. Elizabeth
Moore, of Natick.

2867. vi. Patty, b. in 1778; d. in 1778.

2868. vii. James, b. in 1779; m. Lois Blodgett.

2869. viii. Ezra, b. in 1781; m. Sally F. Slack and Mary W. Allen.

1316. James Whitney (Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Oct. 1755;
m. Susannah Hill, b. in 1761; d. Sept. 25, 1841. He was in Capt. Brooks' comoany

2862.

2863.

ii.

2864.

ni

2865.

iv,

2866.

V.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 203

from Sherborn, in the Revolutionary war. He d. in Dover, Mass., in June, 1800; res.
Sherborn, Mass.

2870. i. Isaac, b. in 1782; m. Mary Moore and Sarah Thayer.

2871. ii. Benjamin, b. in T., 1785; m. Hepsibeth Moore.

2872. iii. Martin, b. June 17, 1787; m. Nancy Orne, Moriah, N. Y.
2873 iv. Sylvia, b. Dec. 2, 1795; d. young; res. Attleboro.

2874. V. Patty, b. Mar. 5, 1792; d. young.

2875. vi. Susan, b. in 1790; d. young.

1317. Joseph Whitney (Benjamin, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Sherborn,
1762; m. Sally Parks. He d. in 1846; res. Gardner, Mass.

2876. 1. Henry, b. in 1793; m. Mary Ann Bassett.

2877. ii. Sally, b. in 1795; m. Luther Alden.

2878. iii. Esther, b. in 1797; m. Jonas Brick, b. Oct. 10, 1796. Ch.: Mary

Ann and Esther.

2879. iv. Joseph P., b. in 1798; m. Roena Bickford.

2880. V. George, b. in 1801; m. Sophia Greenwood.

2881. vi. Charles, b. in 1804; d. 1824.

2882. vii. Samuel, b. in 1806; d. in 1826.

2883. viii. Anna P., b. in 1809; m. Read.

1318. James Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Mendon, Dec.

15, 1764; m. ; m. 2d ; m. 3d Mary Robinson, of Oxford, b.

Oct. 8, 1771; d. Jan. 18, 1805. He d. at C. in 1822; res. East Woodstock, Conn., Ox-
ford, Mass., and Craftsbury, Vt.

Job, b. Sept. 29, 1788; m. Abigail Buckman.

Ezra, b. Jan. 1790; m. Lucy Waters.

Newell, b. in 1796; m, Anna Leonard, Clarissa Clark and L.
Tillotson.

Henrietta, b. May 17, 1797; m. Feb. 19, 1823, Ephraim Baylies,
of Uxbridge.

Mercy, b. ; m. Perley Lyon and Asa Buckbee, of Wood-
stock, Conn., s. p.

James, b. Mar. 6, 1800; m. Prudence Allard and Lavina Lee.

Mary. b. Dec. 3, 1801; m. Feb. 4, 1827, Josiah Allen; res. Crafts-
bury, Vt.; a son Job; res. Craftsbury.

MiCAH, b. Oct. 20, 1803; m. Diantha Walker and Elizabeth Chan-
dler.

Schuyler, b. Sept. 9, 1806; m. Sally Litchfield.

Bezaleel, b. Apr. 16, 1808; m. Abigail Collins.

Ruth H., b. Oct. 12, 1809; m. Apr. 24, 1838. Alanson Howard, in
Uxbridge; b. 1803; d. Sept. 28, 1849; and George Towne; m. at
East Woodstock, Conn., Nov. 26, 1863. He was b. Feb. 18, 1795
d. Sept. 30, 1879. She res. 9 Henshaw St., Worcester, Mass
Ch.: Josephine E., b. Mar. 30, 18.39; res. Thompson, Conn
Charles A., b. May 8, 1840; res. Wilsonville, Conn.; Timothy F.
b. July 28, 1843; res. Worcester, Mass.; Sarah C, b. Jan. 25, 1849
d. May 9, 1872.

Elizabeth, b. Oct. 12, 1809; d. young.

William G., b. May 12, 1811 ; m. Marita Draper. He d. s. p. Apr.
15,1844.

Daniel, b. Oct. 2, 1812; m. Ruth Watson.

Samuel B., b. Sept. 17, 1814; m. 1842, Sophia Walker and, 1849.
Martha Draper.

Clarissa, b. Apr. 29, 1816; d. 1837, unm.

Betsey H., b. Mar. 29, 1818; m. 1839, Ziba Harriman, of Greens-
boro, Vt., and 1869 Burrill Hoyt.

Pliny C, b. July 30, 1819; m. Nancy Lincoln.

Otis, b. Apr. 19, 1821 ; m. Joanna W. Howard and Medosa Albee.

FiDDiA, b. Mar. 11, 1823; d. Mar. 21, 1824.

1320. Ezra Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John;, b. Nov. 29, 1760; m.
-; res. Douglass, Mass.

2884.
2885.
2886.

i.

ii.

iii.

2887.

iv.

2888.

v.

2889.
2890.

vi.
vii

2891.

vii

2892.
2893.
2894.

ix.
x.

xi.

2895.
2896.

xii.
xiii.

2897.
2898.

xiv.

XV.

2899.
2900.

xvi.
xvii

2901.
2902.

xvii
xix.

2903.

XX.

2904. i. Eliza, b. . 2906. iii. William, b.

2905. ii. Harriett, b. .

204 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1321. Col. Moses Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1756; m.

Hannah ; m. 2d, Apr. 3. 1796, Mrs. Nancy (Mann) Tyler*. He served in the

Revolutionary war, first in a Douglass company and later in the company from Ux-
bridge, in which he was sergeant. He d. Apr. 10, 1826; res. Uxbridge and

"^^"2907.^' i.^^^" Anna Wyett, b. Apr. 18, 1787; d. Oct. 20, 1792.
2908 ii. John Andrews, b. Jan. 10, 1789.

2909. iii. Samuel B., b. Dec. 18, 1791.

2910. iv. Nancy Wyett, b. Apr. 4, 1797; d. s. p. 1888.

2911 v JULIAN Ann, b. June 25, 1798; m. Nov. 27, 1821, Benjamin Allen

Tillinghast, b. May 2, 1799. He d. Troy, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1887. She
d. Mar. 7, 1850. He m. 2d, May 10, 1853, Harriett Cornell, b.
Apr, 3, 1806. Ch.: Thomas Allen, b. Wrentham, Mass., Nov. 9,
1822; d. Troy, N. Y., June 10, 1879, ae. 57; m. Margaret Scott

Griffith, of Troy, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1847; b. ; d. Dorchester,

Mass., Apr. 14, 1890; 5 ch.; Charles Whitney, b. East Green-
wich, R. I., May 23, 1824; m. Mary B.Southwick, at Trov, N. Y..
Dec. 1, 1852; b. Apr. 7, 1832; 2 ch.; address Troy, N. Y.; William
Henry, b. Warwick, R. I., May 11, 1826; m. Phebe Wycoff, of New
York'City, June 21, 1855; noch.; address 26 East Sixty-fourth St.,
New York City; Joseph Joslin, b. Trov, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1831; m.
Mary J. Sullivan, at Madison, Ind., Dec. 9, 1863; b. Aug. 13,
18;Mi 2 ch.; address Troy, N. Y.; Alice Ann, born Troy, N. Y.,
Mar. 3, 1834; d. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1872, ae. 38; ra. Plinev A.
Meore, at Troy, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1867; b. 1814; d. Troy, N. Y., 'May
30, 1877 ae. 63; no ch.

2912. vi. Hannah Tillinghast. b. Feb. 7, 1800; d. 1804.

2913. vii. Benjamin, b. m 1782; m. Rachel Nye Spooner.

2914. viii. Timothy, b. . His granddaughter is Mrs. L. H. Kingsbury,

Dedham, Mass.

2915. ix. Esther, b. ; d. unm. 1891.

2916. X. Charlotte, b. ; d. 1802.

2917. xi. Ellen Maria, b. Feb. 29, 1808; m. May 11, 18-35, at Wrentham,

Henry Jackson Wilde; b. in Hallowell, April 6, 1804. He was
the son of Samuel Sumner Wilde and Eunice Cobb, his wife.
Samuel S. Wilde was judge of the supreme court of Massa-
chusetts, and when Maine became a state. Judge Wilde moved
his family to Ne'wburyport, that he might still be a resident of
Massachusetts. One of Mr. Wilde's sisters married Judge
Emmons, of Hallowell, and another married Hon. Caleb Gush-
ing, of Newburyport. Two of Mr. Wilde's brothers studied
law and practiced, but Mr. Wilde never followed any profession,
and his life was full of changes. Like other Newburyport
boys he went to sea. Rounding Cape Horn he remained in the
Andes, in the silver mines for a time, returned to the United
States and went into a store in Boston. Later he was married
to Ellen Maria Whitney and went into the coal business in
Pottsville, Pa., where his daughter, Anne Doane, was born. He
moved to Albia village, a part of Troy, N. Y., and after a few
years moved to Washington, D. C. For a time he was in the
office of his brother-in-law, Caleb Gushing, then for a number
of years he was in the navy department. In 1847 he moved
his family to Boston and made his home with his father. Judge
Wilde, who was a widower, living in that city. Mr. Wilde was
in the custom house, and later was naval storekeeper at Charles-
town, Mass. In 1855 Judge Wilde died and Mr. Wilde moved to
one of the suburbs. He d. when away from home in Pepperill,
Mar, .30, 1873. She d. Dec. 27, 1864. Ch.: Anne Doane, b. July
8, 1838; m. Oct. 9, 1864, Henry W. Daniell; res. Boston; Ellen
Maria, b. Jan. 1, 1841; res. Milton, Mass.

2918. xii. Susan, b. ; d. 1813.

2919. xiii. Adeliza, b. Nov. 6, 1811; m. Nov. 9, 1837, Edmund J. Felt; was a

farmer and manufacturing jeweler. She d. Dec. 5, 1861. He

May 25. 1790, Moses was appointed guardian of Polly Wells Tyler, a child of second wife by
her first husband.

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 205

was b. Nov. 30, 1812; d. Aug. 1, 1892. Ch.: Edmund Selwyn, b.
in Wrentham, Nov. 28, 1838; d. in Flint, Mich., Sept. 21, 1878; m.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Robinson) Pratt, in New York City, April 30,
1868; res. Flint Mich.; no children; James Mann,b. in Wrentham,
July 10, 1841; d. July 21, 1858; David Shepard, b. in Wrentham,
Sept. 13, 1843; m. in Troy, N. Y., Mar. 29, 1873, Sarah A. Meader,
dau. of Hiram and Eliza (Mann) Meader; res. in the city of
Albany, N. Y.; Henry Wilde, b. June 10, 1881; m. Sept. 5, 1893,
Ludlow, Vt., Lily E. A. Robbins, dau. Fred'k C. and Eliza (Chap-
man); Oliver, b. in Wrentham, Mar. 1, 1853; m. Carrie (Owen).

1322. Samuel Whitney (Ezra, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. ; m.

Azubah ; he d. Aug., 1789; res. Douglass, Mass. Inventory of his estate

returned to probate court at Worcester, Sept. 1, 1789. His bro. Ezra was admr.

2920. i. Samuel, b. July 30, 1789; m. Mary Willard.

2921. ii. Mary, b. ; m. James Whiting.

2922. iii. Mercy, b. ; m. John Crafts; res. Monson, Me.

1326. Amos Whitney (Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. Sherborn, 1762;
m. Catherine Hunt. He was a merchant in Boston. He d. in 1804; res. Sherborn,
Mass., and Boston, Mass.

2923. i. Wm. Scott, b. . 2925. iii.- Amos, b. .

2924. ii. Daniel White, 2926. iv. Catherine.

b. .

1330. Aaron Whitney (Daniel, James, John, Jonathan, John), b. 1772; m. Eda
Fiske. He d. in 1818; res. Sherborn, Mass., and Providence, R. I.

John F., b. in 1795; d. in 1814.

Mary, b. in 1801; m. Moses Stratton, of Natick, and d. 1822.

Ch.: Mary W., b. 1822.
Elizabeth, b. in 1803; d. in 1824.
Daniel, b. in 1805; m. Hannah Smith.
Aaron, b. in 1809; m. Marie E. Delavie.
Miriam L., b. in 1811.
Sarah H., b. in 1813.
John F., b. in 1816; d. in 1816.

1331. Thomas Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Ashford,
Tolland Co., Conn., Sept. 18, 1770; m. Royalton, \'t., Sept. 19, 1799, Mary Taina Jen-
nings, dau. of Capt. Joseph and Mary, b. Windham, Conn., Apr. 27, 1777; d. May 12,
1862.

He was born in Tolland, Conn., and in 1790 moved to Tunbridge, Vt. Along in the
thirties with his family he moved to Ohio and for a number of years lived near Dan-
ville, Knox Co. Later they lived with their son John J. Whitney, who owned the
first farm of two hundred acres east of Londonville, on the Wooster and Ashland
roads. In 1856 after the sad death of their son, they went to live with their daughter
Emily, Mrs. Robert McMahan, in Londonville. Mrs. Whitney died there at the age
of 83 years, and Mr. Whitney died at the home of his son Dr. B. F. Whitney, at
Mansfield, at the advanced age of 96 years, and both are buried in the Londonville
cemetery. They were considered very good old people, were members and founders
of the Londonville Baptist church. He d. Aug. 6, 1863; res. Tunbridge, Vt., Ran-
dolph, \'t., Mansfield, O.

■ Wait, b. Oct. 29, 1800; m. Barbara Burkholder.

Eli, b. Aug. 9, 1802. He was a lawyer, d. unm. at West Hart-
ford, Vt., Dec. 30, 1826.
Daniel, b. July 8, 1804; d. unm. at N. H., Dec. 20, 1829.
Ebe.n Jennings, b. Dec. 6, 1806; m. Sarah Boardman.
John J., b. Nov. 8, 1813; m. Matilda Robeson.
Benjamin F., b. Feb. 27, 1815; m. Sarah Renfrew.
Emily, b. Feb. 5, 1810; m. Feb. 23, 1839. Robert McMahan; res.
Portage, O. He was a merchant. Ch.: Whitney; res. Bowl-
ing Green, O.
2942. viii. Marcy Maria, b. May 6, 1812; m. at Dansville,'0., Sept. 6, 1860,
Joseph Sapp, a merchant, who was b. in Jefferson Co., O., and
died in O.; m. 2d at Mansfield, O., May 29, 1863, Elijah Bemis,
who was b. in Mass., but who died in Lyne, O. She res. s. p. at
Bowling Green, O.

2927.

i.

2928.

11.

2929.

iii.

2930.

IV.

2931.

V.

2932.

VI.

2933.

VU.

2934.

viii

2935.

i.

2936.

11.

2937.

iii.

2938.

IV.

2939.

V.

2940.

vi.

2941.

vii

206 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

1332. Peter Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Tolland, Conn.,
Oct. 81, 1776; m. Edith Davis; m. 2d Sybil Ainsworth. He was a blacksmith. He
d. in 1838; res. Hartford, Vt.

294.3. vi. Sybil, b. Hartford, Vt.; m. Smith; res. So. Royalton, Vt.

2944 i Erastus b. .

2946! ii. Paschal'p., b. Dec. 13, 1806; m. Malvina Stillman.

2946. iii. Amanda Melvina, b. ; m. Sept. 12, 1832, Calvin Eaton;

res. Concord, N. H.

2947. iv. Mary Maria, b. ; m. 1838, Albert Langmaid; res. Concord,

N. H.

2948. V. Jane, b. .

2949. vii. Horace, b. . His name was changed to Eaton; res. Boston,

Mass.

2950. viii. George L., b. Aug. 17, 1825; m. Caroline Jane Goss.

1333. Jonathan Whitney (Peter, Josiah, Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. Tolland,
Conn., Feb. 20, 1766; m. at Randolph, Vt., Dec. 16, 1796, Eunice Story; b. Nov. 4,
1779; dau. of Asa and Abia; d. Sept. 9, 1804; m. 2d, Jan. 2, 1806, at Hartford, Vt.,
Dora Marsh, b. Nov. 1768; d. Sept. 25, 1806; m. 3d at Stockbridge, Vt., Mar. 17, 1808,
Zylpha Holt, b. Feb. 2, 1776; d. Mar. 8, 1830; m. 4th, Dec. 14, 1830, Mrs. Betsey But-
ton, b. Sept. 7, 1783; d. Oct. 12, 1867.

Jonathan Whitney, the oldest son of Peter Whitney, was born in the state of
Connecticut, Feb. 20, 1766. He came to the state of Vermont about the year 1787,
and was employed as a surveyor. That season he surveyed and lotted the towns of
Chittenden and Philadelphia, on the west side of the Green mountains, going into the
wilderness with three men in the month of April, and remaining there until late in
October of the same year, not going out to any settlement in the time. His associates,
other than the men, were the beasts of the forest, such as panthers, catamounts,
bears, wolves, moose and deer, which disputed his right of way into their domain.
The next season he surveyed other townships on the east side of the Green mount-
ains, and on his return to Connecticut he succeeded in persuading his father to make
a settlement in Vermont, which settlement was commenced in Tunbridge in 1790, he
coming with his father and assisting him in building a log house and clearing some
land, after which, for 18 years, he taught school in winter, and assisted his father in
clearing land and carrying on his farm in summer. He married, 1st, Eunice Story,
of Randolph, Vt., by whom he had three children, viz.: Zabad, Zebinaand Polly. He
rnarried for his 2d wife Dora Marsh, of Hartford, who died without issue. He mar-
ried for his 3d wife Zilpha Holt, of Connecticut, by whom he had six children, three
of which died in childhood and three lived to mature age, viz.: Laura, Albert G. and
James M. Laura married Daniel Brown, and died at Bloomingdale, 111. He married
for his 4th wife Betsey Button, of Royalton, Vt., who died without issue. He was a
self-made man in every respect. His father being a soldier in the Revolution, the
care of the family devolved upon him, therefore, he was deprived of any chance to
attend even a district school, never attending school but 18 days in his lite. Through
his own effort he acquired a good education, was one of the greatest mathematicians
of his day, and a man that was sought for as authority on almost any subject. He
came into possession of the farm on which his father settled and lived until his death.
Being one of the early settlers he had his share of privations and hardships incident
to the settlement of a new township. He was a great reader, and well posted in all
that was transpiring in the whole country; was a free mason in high standing in the
• order, and was one of the founders of Whitney chapter, which was named for him.
He d. Apr. 12, 1853; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2951. i. Zabad, b. Dec. 10, 1797; m. Sophia Dewey.

2952. ii. Zebina, b. Dec. 9, 1799; m. Harriett Cozzens.

2963. iii. Polly, b. Nov. 21, 1801; m. at T., Roswell Dewey, of Royalton,
She d. May 28, 1848, at Northfield. He was a singer and music
teacher. Ch.: George, m. a Walton, and d. New York City;
Roswell, res. unm. Northfield, Vt.; Mary, m. a Pinney.

2954. iv. Roswell, b. Oct. 15, 1803; d. Sept. 16, 1806.

2955. V. Rebecca, b. June 25, 1811; d. infancy.

2956. vi. Laura Fiske, b. July 24, 1813; m. at T., Daniel N. Brown, of

Northfield, Vt. He was a farmer, and res. in Bloomingdale, 111.
Ch.: Lucy, m. Gilbert Cass. He has been passenger conductor
on the railroad from Chicago to Elgin for 20 years; res. 206

WHITNEY GENEALOGY. 207

2961.

ii.

2962.

iii.

2963.
2664.

iv.

V.

Center St., Elgin; Lucia, m, Henry L. Woodworth; res. 440
Concord St., Aurora, 111.; Charles D., res. 291 South 4th St.,
Aurora.

2957. vii. Albert Galatin, b. July 27, 1817; m. in Northfield, Vt., May 19,

1844, Adaline Leonard, d. Aug. 19, 1859; m. 2d at Worcester,
Vt., Oct. 24, 1866, Wealthy Connor, b. July 8, 1841 ; d. July 8, 1872.
He res. s. p. on a farni in Bethel, Vt.

2958. viii. James Monroe, b. Nov. 4, 1821; m. Eliza Cozzens.

2959. ix. RoswELL, b. Oct. 1815; d. young.

1345. JosiAH Whitney (Josiah, Josiah.Josiah, Jonathan, John), b. May 1, 1791;
m. May 28, 1818, Almira Ellsworth, b. June 7, 1803; d. Jan. 14. 1884.

Josiah Whitney, was born in East Granville, Mass. He spent 18 months in the
army during the 1812 war. Went to Ohio 1815 m which state he remained until his
■death. He d. Oct. 7, 1869: res. Rootstown, O.

2960. i. Flavel J., b. May, 31, 1819; m. June 7, 1847, Louisa Norton; res.
Rootstown. He d. Feb. 8, 1882, at Buffalo Prairie, 111.

Lucius E., b. Dec. 21, 1822; m. Dec. 31, 1848, Lucretia R. Eatin-

ger; res. R. He d. Dec. 4 1890.
Charles M., b. Dec. 31, 1835; m. Oct. 11, 1866, Henrietta S.Dem-

ing; was in the war in the 104th Ohio Regt. in Co. I.
Mary Dolly, b. Oct. 28, 1840; teacher; res. Rootstown, O.
Artemitia a., b. Apr. 14. 1828; m. Oct. 17, 1853, Edward L. Clark;

res. Leeds, Mass.

2965. vi. Jonas E., b. Rootstown, [O., Oct. 28, 1825; d. Helena, Ark., of

disease contracted while in the civil war in Co. B, 126th Illinois
Vols., Aug. 20, 1863.

2966. vii. Albert R., b. Jan. 26, 1821; m. Betsey Case and Lydia Hogan.

1347. David Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pepper-
cll, Mass., Feb. 11, 1766; m. at West Randolph, Vt., Nov. 21, 1793, Susanna Hunting-
ton, b. July 28, 1766. He d. 1850; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2967. i. Benjamin, b. Feb. 18, 1796; m. Sibbel Parker and Mrs. Elizabeth
Hall Whitney.

David, b. Dec. 15, 1795; m. Lvdia Parker.

Daniel, b. Oct. 28, 1809; m. Julia Hall.

Ann, b. ; m. at T., Mar. 15, 1830, Azro Burton Curtis; res.

Fort Atkinson, Wis.; son, David W.; res. F. A.
Betsey, b. ; m. Mar. 7, 1839, John Whitney, of Chelsea;

a dau. m. Comfort Barnes.
Cyrus, b. Dec. 21, 1802; m. Betsey Curtis.
William, b. Feb. 10, 1800; m. Elizabeth Hall.

1348. Abel Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Mar. 15,
1770; m. Phebe Scott; d. Mar. 23, 1839.

Abel Whitney was born on a farm in Pepperell, Mass. Soon after his mar-
riage, in 1794, he moved to a farm in Tunbridge, Vt., where he ever after resided.
He d. July 19, 1845; res. Tunbridge, Vt.

2974. i. Lewis, b. Jan. 6, 1800; m. Emeline Nutting.

2975. ii. Henry, b. Apr. 3, 1808; m. and his. wid. res. S. Royalton,Vt. He

d. Sept. 1892. His son, Horace L., res. 9 Pelham St., Boston,
Mass.

2976. iii. George, b. Sept. 1, 1812; m. Arathusa Gates; had five boys-

Albert, Milo F., John, Lewis, Orlando.

2977. iv. Abel, b. Feb. 9, 1804; m. Mary Hall.

2978. v. Joseph, b. Jan. 27, 1806; m. Caroline Pierce.

2979. vi. Sally, b. Dec. 27, 1801; m. Mar. 28, 1832, Darius S. Durkee; res.

No. T. She d. 1883. Ch.: Simeon P.. res. No. T; Caroline.

2980. vii. Nancy, b. Mar. 24, 1810; m. Jan. 24, 1833, Roswell Durkee; b.

Oct. 20, 1808; d. Nov. 18, 1890; res. No. T. Ch.: John, b. Jan. 2,
1834 (physician); m. Mary J. Belknap; res. T.; Horace, b. Jan.
17, 1837; m. Luttera P. Smith; res. T.; Abby C„ b. Aug. 27, 1840;
m. Ezekiel Drew; res. Barre, Vt.; George W., b. Oct. 5, 1843; m.
Alice E. Noves; res. T.; Charles, b. Oct. 7, 1845; res. T.

2981. viii. Harriett, b.'Aug. 6, 1797; m. Aug. 12,1828, Moses Ordway. Ch.:

George, res. East Granville, Vt.; , res. California; John,

2968.
2969.
2970.

ii.

iii.

iv.

2971.

V.

2972.
2973.

vi.

vii.

208 WHITNEY GENEALOGY.

b. ; d. 1864 in Govt. Hospital at Louisville, Ky.; was in

First Wis. Cavalry; Henrietta, b. ; m. Daniel Hunt; res.

No. Tunbridge; Harriett, b.-

2982. ix. John, b. Sept. 28, 1793; m. .

2983. X. William, b. Oct. 29, 1795; m. and d. s. p.

2986.

ill.

2987.

X.

2988.

IV.

2989.

V.

2990.

VI.

2991.

vii.

2992.

vni

2993.

IX.

1.349 Thomas Whitney (Benjamin, Joseph, Joseph, Jonathan, John), b. Pep-

perell Ma-^s., July 15, 1780; m. , Betsey Wallis, b. July 20, 1784; d. I eb. 5, 1826;

m. 2d 'in Brookfield, Vt., Apr. 13, 1827, Annie York, b. Aug. 25, 1794; d. June 9, 1884;

res. Tunbridge, Vt. „ ^„„ ^ . -^

2984 i Charles Fitch, b. Dec. 12, 1806; m. Louisa Kemp.

2985 ii Olive Hall, b. Jan. 21, 1810; m. Oct. 21, 1838, Nathan G. Smith, b.

luly 25, 1803; d. Feb 9, 1873. She d. Mar. 9, 1875. He was a
farmer. Ch.: Nathan Franklin, b. Apr. 26, 1843; d. May 6,
1864. Killed in the battle of the Wilderness, Va.; Betsey Anna,
b. July 20, 1845; m. Elihu Tuller Jan. 26, 1864; P. O. address,
of all is Tunbridge, Vt.; Olive Maria, b. Oct. 12, 1847; m. Charles
W. Smith Dec. 25, 1866; Thomas Whitney, b. Nov. 11, 1849; m.
Emma Blake 1872.

David, b. Mar. 11, 1812; m. Maria Smith.

York, b. Sept. 14, 1834; m. Marietta Whitney.

Harriett, b. Nov. 15, 1818.

John, b. Dec. 18, 1821; m. Lorinda Bragman and Eunice Martin.

Thomas, b. Feb. 20, 1824; m. and d. June 29, 1862; a son, Willis;
res. No. Tunbridge.

Lewis, b. Nov. 28, 1828; d. Jan. 8, 1844.

Betsey, b. Sept. 6, 1830. She d. unm. June 9, 1885.